Province of Newfoundland and Labrador
50th General Assembly - 2nd Session - 2022 - 2025

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WAKEHAM, TONY (PC) (STEPHENVILLE - PORT AU PORT)

Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act

Is it acceptable that there are differing statements regarding consultation with the Privacy Commissioner on Clare's Law, 3396
Why is Premier excluding the Privacy Commissioner from reviewing legislation before it is passed, 3395

Budget

Can you tell the people of the province why you're continuing to underestimate the deficit, 7334
Document referring to 2016 budget and cuts to health care—Tabled, 3334
Has the expected revenue of $520 million related to the tobacco settlement been included in this year's budget, 7332
How can the people of the province trust this budget and trust this government, 7333
If you did not book this revenue that you may get sometime in the future, would the actual deficit in this year's budget be well over $800 million, 7335
When will the Minister table a budget for this fiscal year, 6912
Why are we telling the people of the province that it's $372 million, 7334
Why did it take a Liberal leadership change to change your mind on the vaccines for shingles and will you provide full coverage in this budget, 7212–7213
Why is this province the only one to fully book the entire revenue of the tobacco settlement in one fiscal year, 7333
Will the Premier be amending the budget to reflect the new Cabinet structure, 7212
Without this revenue, what would the deficit have been, 7333

Budget 2023

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Debate, 1490–1494
Non-confidence motion

Debate, 1610–1613
Sub-amendment

Debate, 1660–1664

Estimates

Resource Committee

Concurrence motion, 2137(41)–2137(44)

Budget 2024

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Debate, 3869–3891
Non-confidence motion

Debate, 4087–4101
Sub-amendment

Debate, 4167–4173

Budget 2025

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Debate, 7462(54)–7462(59)
Non-confidence motion

Debate, 7148–7160
Sub-amendment

Debate, 7462(7)–7462(14)

Burials and funerals

Who is overseeing our health care system, the Minister's department or the media, 3639–3640

Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Newfoundland and Labrador Act (Amdt.) (Bill 90)

Second reading, 6902(17)–6902(19)

Cape St. George

Tributes

Cormier, Robert—Acknowledging tireless work for Francophones in Newfoundland and Labrador, 30–31

Children, Seniors and Social Development

Children in care

Are 100 vacancies in the Dept. of Children, Seniors and Social Development contributing to the lack of care for children in care, 5690
Does Minister believe that the 100 social work vacancies in his department are contributing to the children in care, 5689
Does Minister think his response to concerns about security and operation were appropriate, 5689
Is review and investigation from Minister's office appropriate, 5688
What is department doing right now to protect children in care, 5687
Why is Minister not taking immediate steps to protect our children, 5688
Will Premier commit to a commission of inquiry into children in care and the response of the province's police forces where witnesses can be interviewed in camera and protected, 5836

Medically complex children

Will Premier commit to a timeline to implement the 12 recommendations of the report, 2936

Clare's Law

Is it acceptable that there are differing statements regarding consultation with the Privacy Commissioner on Clare's Law, 3396

Confederation

75th anniversary of

Recognition of historic moment, 3851

Cost of living

Comments on need for Poverty Reduction Strategy, 1611
Does Minister know the cost of living increase for those renting in the province, 3201
Does Premier know the number of people who said their family does not have enough money to live on, 3030
How can people keep up with the cost of living, given that it has risen higher than the national average, 2566
How does Minister expect families to put a roof over their heads and keep up with all of these high costs of living, 2981
How does Premier expect families to provide healthy food options when they can't afford it, 2981
How is it acceptable to government to have children standing in lines at food banks, 2980
How many people in the province are relying on food banks right now, 3031
How much have expenses increased for homeowners in the past 12 months, 3200
Seniors

Does Minister think the introduction of a sugar tax and an increase in carbon tax will make life more affordable for seniors, 96
How can seniors afford healthy food, 841
How does Minister Responsible for Seniors suggest constituent pay $2,000 to fill her oil tank, 782
Will you fix your budget and increase the Seniors' Benefit by the 20 per cent as recommended by the Seniors' Advocate, 7424

Urging government to order a complete review of all taxes and fees, cutting or adjusting those that are hurting people; lead the charge to end the carbon tax for good; eliminate the sugar tax; continue the provincial gas tax relief, order a complete review of the Income Support Program and an evaluation of all programs and services intended to support vulnerable populations to ensure they deliver; index the Seniors' Benefit programs to inflation; and deliver a new poverty reduction strategy

Notice of motion, 3257
Moved, 3337–3339
Debate, 3364–3366

What does Premier say to the senior who must choose between food or heat, 2568
Why are nearly one in three families still struggling to put food on the table, 7423
Why has government refused to introduce a new poverty reduction strategy, 2669
Why has it taken government almost a decade and still we do not have a poverty reduction strategy, 3031
Will you provide the Newfoundland and Labrador Child Benefit to more low-income families, 7424

Digital Government and Service NL

Cyberattack

How much of NL Health Service's debt is related to the cyberattack, 4106
How much was the final cost of the cyberattack, 4106
Three years after the cyberattack, how much of taxpayers dollars did the this cost the province, 4105–4106
What was the final cost of the cyberattack, 4106

Economic Development

Is this government's plan for rural NL to quietly shut the lights off and walk away, 6982

Education

Emergency teachers

Are children falling behind because of unqualified teachers, 4732
How is it possible that government was unaware of the increase in unqualified and untrained individuals in the classroom, 4731–4732
How is it that teacher credentials have gone back 75 years, 4731
Is there any correlation between grade 9 students failing to meet performance standards and what grade levels the unqualified and untrained teachers taught, 4732
Why are we allowing untrained and unqualified people to teach our children, 4730
Why is Premier only now hearing the alarm that the Teachers' Association has sounded for years, 4731
Why was Premier unaware of this important issue, 4730
Will Premier commit to getting to the bottom of the poor results and take appropriate action, 4733

Memorial University

Comments on tuition fees, 1661
Infrastructure fee increase for students, 1661
When will recommendations of the Auditor General be implemented, 2750
Why are food banks on Memorial campus overwhelmed while expenditures are out of control, 2822
Will Premier freeze tuition costs until expenditures are brought under control at Memorial University, 2823

Schools

Urging government to reclassify French immersion at Stephenville Primary School from an optional program to a core program, 2350–2351

School safety

Does Premier stand by his Safe and Caring Schools policy, given that children are said to be taking weapons to school to protect themselves, 5987
In light of the recent attack outside Morris Academy, has Premier ordered a school safety audit, 5988

Electrical Power Control Act, 1994 (Amdt.) and Public Utilities Act (Amdt.) (Bill 34)

Second reading, 2367–2368

Environment and Climate Change

Climate change

Urging Government of Canada to immediately repeal the carbon tax and the Clean Fuel Regulations

Debate, 2692–2694

Floods

Doesn't Premier think that the $24,000 plus spent on travel would have helped the people of St. George, 4634
When will the people of Cape St. George finally receive the support they were promised, 7617
Why is government refusing to help people of Cape St. George, 4633
Will Premier commit to helping and providing funding for the people of Cape St. George, 4633
Will Premier provide update on what support has been provided for the Town of Cape St. George, 5057

Essential Ambulance Services Act (Bill 24)

Committee, 1015–1016

Finance

Borrowing

Can Minister explain why government plans to borrow an extra $700 million, increasing from $1.5 to $2.2 billion, 3101

Carbon tax

Can Premier confirm that government is collecting HST on the carbon tax, 4047
Did Deputy Premier realize that carbon tax was hurting the people of Newfoundland and Labrador before or after she took $35 million out of their bank account, 3199
Did government make a mistake in introducing the carbon tax, 2937
Did Premier speak to our six Liberal Members of Parliament before the vote, 583
Does government believe that the sugar tax and the carbon tax are helping seniors, 2937
Does Premier agree that the carbon tax should be scrapped, 3854, 3855
Does Premier agree with Minister's support of a price on carbon, 4049
Does Premier agree with Minister who stated that the carbon tax was the right policy instrument, 4049
Does Premier believe that carbon tax should be axed, 3999
Does Premier regret the Liberal government's support for the carbon tax, 2672
Given the fact that the revenue from the carbon tax will come to Newfoundland and Labrador, will Premier commit that his government and Finance Minister will rebate that money back to the people who are actually paying the tax, 584
Has Minister written to the Prime Minister to stop charging HST on carbon tax, 4048
How does Premier suggest that someone from Trout River get to the health care centre without burning gas, 2671
How much money has Deputy Premier collected for carbon tax and will she rebate that money back to the people of Newfoundland and Labrador, 3198
How much revenue does Premier anticipate to collect from HST on carbon tax, 4047–4048
When will Premier listen to Newfoundlanders and Labradorians and stop charging them additional taxes, 783
Who is getting the revenue from the carbon tax on home heating fuel, 584
Why doesn't the Liberal government believe in putting more money back into people's pockets, 3199
Why is Premier offering to sacrifice our fisheries to offset the country's carbon problems, 4533–4534
Will Minister cancel inflationary taxes and allow the people of Newfoundland a better lifestyle, 3103
Will Minister rebate back the carbon tax, 3198
Will Premier commit to rebating $35 million back to the people, 2522
Will Premier rebate back the $35 million collected in carbon tax, 2938
Will Premier rebate back to the people the $35 million he's taken in on carbon tax, 2670
Will Premier rebate the money he has collected from the people of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2672, 2673
Will Premier say no to the carbon tax, 783

Diesel tax

Will Minister suspend the collection of all taxes on diesel, 896
Will Minister suspend the tax, 897
With people struggling to put food on the table, will Minister suspend the tax, 897

Economic forecast

Minister highlights strength, growth and optimism in economic forecast, 4835

Financial Literacy Month

Recognition of, 644

Gasoline tax

Will Premier commit to extend the eight cents a litre off gas beyond March 31st, 2567

Income tax

How does government justify charging the highest tax in North America, 840

Marine Atlantic Fuel Surcharge

Would Premier block Marine Atlantic's planned fuel surcharge, 2568

Public Assets, Sale of

Comments on Rothschild report, 1610
Is Minister planning on selling the Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation, 243
Is Minister planning to sell any part of Newfoundland Hydro, 243
Is Minister planning to sell off the provincial share of offshore development, 243
Will Minister tell the people which of their assets will be sold, 244

Scotiabank

Why is Premier surprised that Scotiabank is following government's example in making it harder to do business in rural Newfoundland and Labrador, 2936

Sugar tax

Comments on, 1610, 1611
Does government believe sugar tax is changing people's behaviour, or is it simply draining their pocketbooks, 3853
Does government believe that the sugar tax and the carbon tax are helping seniors, 2937
Does Premier know better than his own Health Accord, which made no mention of the sugar tax, 190
Does Premier know how much HST was collected on the sugar tax, 4050
Does Premier realize that his sugar tax promotes the use of artificial sweeteners, pushing people to make choices that could harm them, 652
How does sugar tax make sense when increased funding for diabetes relies on increased sugar consumption, 3854
If Premier won't do anything about the carbon tax, will he do the right thing and cancel the sugar tax, 2938
Urging government to cancel the sugar-sweetened beverage tax at the earliest opportunity, 48–49, 254, 909–910, 1111, 2013, 2090–2091, 2494
What has Minister put in place to refund the people who have been mistakenly charged sugar tax, 651
What other products is Premier planning to put the sugar tax on, 96
When will Minister stop the nonsense and axe the tax, 4051
Why does a mother have to pay almost $11 in sugar tax on a $4 purchase of fruit punch powder for their children, 2821, 2822
Will Minister axe the tax, 41, 42, 95, 735
Will Minister cancel and stop the sugar tax, 4050
Will Minister recognize, as The Future of the Vote did, that sugar tax should be eliminated, 652
Will Premier admit that his carbon tax and his sugar tax was a mistake, 2521
Will Premier axe the sugar tax, 4000
Will Premier cancel the sugar tax, 2939
Will Premier cancel the sugar tax, which is under his control, 189
Will Premier cancel the tax, 190
Will Premier correct his mistake on the sugar tax and cancel it, 2521, 2522
Will Premier finally admit that the sugar tax is nothing more than a tax grab, 735
Will you commit to the elimination of the sugar tax, 7214
Will you eliminate the sugar tax, 6682, 6683

Tariffs

Can the Minister provide details of the incentives that this fund will be used for, 6981
How much of the $200 million that has been announced as tariff support will be set allocated for the fishery, 6681
Is the Boston office now staffed, 6841
I would ask the Premier if he could update the House on the province's tariff response package, 6781
Were you able to negotiate any new contracts for NL exports in your recent trips, 6782
What initiatives have been implemented to deal with this tariff situation in our province, 6728–6729
Will the Premier take the recommendation from business leaders to make it easier and cheaper to bring goods into this province, 6842

Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

Capelin

Can Minister provide update on the capelin fishery, 4566

Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited

Has Premier spoken to Joe Kruger about the sudden shutdown and can he provide an update, 3322

Crab

Why is it that boats are ready to go out but we have no answers, 3444

Crown Lands

Can Minister confirm that crown lands legislation will be brought before the House at this session, to be passed, 4565
Can Minister confirm that the Dept. of Transportation and Infrastructure will pay fully for the damaged artesian well belonging to the Boyd's Cove volunteer fire department, 6602
Can Minister table the documents showing how much the Kenmount Crossing land was worth when they paid $400,000 an acre and spent $23 million of the taxpayers' money, 6534
Does the Minister think that the Snow's Lane land is worthless, 6533–6534
Has the Kenmount Road appraisal actually been tabled, 6534
How do you tell a man in his 70s who is seeking to finally retire that we are not going to stay and pass the Lands Act, 4881
I ask the Minister to table the appraisal for the rest of the Kenmount Crossing land, and why only a small portion of the land was appraised, 6600
Is Minister prepared to stay in the House of Assembly to extend the session for the sake of the legislation, 4879–4880
Since when does land depreciate, as at Snow's Lane, and how can the minister justify that, 6532–6533
Urging government to move expeditiously to bring forward legislative amendments to ensure fair reconciliation of existing claims for people seeking title to the land they have occupied in good faith for generations and which is recognized within their communities; and take steps in the interim to address Crown Lands' actions against occupied properties in the province

Debate, 5030–5033

Urging government to move expeditiously to bring forward legislative amendments to ensure fair reconciliation of existing claims for people seeking title to the land they have occupied in good faith for generations and which is recognized within their communities, and to take steps in the interim to address crown land's actions against occupied properties in the province

Debate, 1984–1986

Why did Cabinet approve to sell-off 32 acres of Crown land off Snow's Lane for $5,000 an acre, 6532
Why did the government give away Snow's Lane land that had housing development potential, 6601
Why did the Minister have a fire sale for the Snow's Lane land and who benefited from this sale, 6601–6602
Why did the Minister use taxpayers' dollars to but the Kenmount Crossing land without having and independent appraisal done, 6600
Why did the Snow's Lane transaction not go to public tender, 6533
Why did we approve a fire sale for the Snow's Lane land, 6785
Why did we issue a blank cheque buying Kenmount Crossing land for which we had no appraisal, 6784–6785
Why was technical briefing cancelled, 4879
Why will legislation not be coming forward, 4878–4879
Will Crown Lands legislation be brought before the House and passed in this sitting of the legislature, 4565
Will Deputy Premier commit to bringing forth Crown lands legislation and have it passed in this sitting of the House of Assembly, 4565
Will Deputy Premier commit to keeping the House open to deal with the legislation, 4881
Will Minister admit that he bought the Kenmount Crossing land without an independent appraisal, 6599
Will Minister and Deputy Premier commit to keeping the House open for this legislation, 4880
Will Minister suspend all of the court actions against families in the meantime, 4882

Fisheries

Urging Premier and Minister of Fisheries to immediately take a hands-on role at the table with representatives of our fishery workers and fish processors to help find a swift and effective resolution to the current impasse, as well as long-term solutions that make future impasses less likely and help place our fishing industry on a more stable and steady footing

Notice of motion, 3669
Moved, 3794–3796
Debate, 3821–3822

What else besides letter writing is Premier going to do about the federal government allowing American harvesters to continue to harvest mackerel, while shutting down that fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador, 4535
When will Premier stand up for the fishery of Newfoundland and Labrador, 4534
When will we stand up for fishers in Newfoundland and Labrador, 4535

Fish plants

Has Minister had any discussions about pending labour unrest with the plant workers and processors, 4567
What happens if harvesters have to tie up their boats because of the pending strike, 4567

Forest Fires

Can the residents of Small Point, Adam's Cove, Blackhead and Broad Cove expect similar emergency compensation payments as seen by the residents of Labrador West after the fire evacuation or following Hurricane Fiona, 7211

Harvesters (2024 season)

Can Premier reassure harvesters that their issues will be addressed and that he will make it a top priority, 3598
Does Premier believe in free enterprise in our fishing industry, 3720, 3721, 3780
Does Premier believe that government legislation has helped create corporate concentration within the processing industry, 3722
Does Premier care enough to make sure this doesn't happen again this year, 3598
How are Premier and Minister's absence and inability to answer questions or hear concerns any way to govern, 3637–3638
How can fishers be reassured that their issues and their concerns are being addressed, 3636
How many processing licence applications that the Fish Processing Licensing Board have approved are still sitting on the Minister's desk, 3780
Is it too much to ask that fishers want to go out and catch their quotas and to be able to have it processed, 3659
Is Premier going to ensure that we get maximum value for our fishing industry, 3599
What action is Minister taking to address issues with harvesters, 3723
What action is Premier taking to address the issues of the fishers, 3658
What assurances can Minister give to 16,000 people that he is actually going to do something about the fishing industry, 3781
What does Premier say to harvesters who are looking for answers on the steps of the Confederation Building, 3444
What does Premier say to harvesters who cannot find anyone to buy their product, 3509
What is Minister's opinion on proposal for a 20 per cent holdback on value of the catch, 3509
What is Premier's definition of free enterprise in the fishing industry, 3721
What particular issues did fishers want addressed, 3657
What will Minister tell the harvesters about fish processing capacity, 3637
When Fish Processing Licensing Board recommends granting a processing licence, why does it sit on the Minister's desk, 3722
When will Minister make the processing decision that's been on his desk for months, 3599
When will Premier look at issues, including controlling agreements, 3779
When will Premier look at issues, including corporate concentration, 3780
When will Premier look at issues, including processing capacity, 3779
When will Premier look at the structural issues that exist within the fishery, 3778
When will Premier make decisions on the processing licence request that has been sitting on his desk for months, 3599
Why are recommendations of the Fish Processing Licensing Board not dealt with and how long have they been there, 3781
Will Premier get directly involved in making sure that our fishery starts on time, 3723, 3724

Mackerel

What will the Minister do besides writing letters to end the moratorium on the mackerel fishery in our province, 7617
Will government stand up for our harvesters and demand that Ottawa reopen the mackerel fishery, 7616

Fishing Industry Collective Bargaining Act (Amdt.) No. 2 (Bill 104)

Second reading, 5973–5974

Food insecurity

Has government established a targeted food poverty reduction plan, 4838
Is it accurate that 8.5 per cent of people in the province live in food poverty, 4837
Is it a crisis when 46,000 people in our province are going hungry, 4774
Is it a crisis when 134,000 people are food insecure, 4774
Is it correct that a quarter of our population are never sure they have enough to eat, 4837
What is the targeted food security rate of the Poverty Reduction Plan, 4775
When will threshold be increased to allow more of those in need to avail of the benefits, 4776
With nearly half of all single mothers living in food insecurity while the child benefit has increased, why hasn't the eligibility threshold of $17,400 not increased, 4775

Future Fund

Can Minister confirm how much money they are going to put into the Future Fund this year, 3102
Can Minister confirm that they're actually borrowing to put money into the Future Fund, 3102
How does borrowing to make a contribution to the Future Fund make sense to Newfoundlanders and Labradorians who are struggling to make ends meet, 3102–3013

Future Fund Act (Bill 5)

Second reading, 121–124
Committee, 147–150, 235(8), 235(28), 235(36)–235(38), 235(40), 235(41), 235(45), 235(53)

Amendment—Clause 2

Moved, 235(8)
Debate, 235(8)–235(9), 235(21)

Amendment—Clause 4

Moved, 235(28)

Amendment—Clause 4

Moved, 235(29)
Debate, 235(29)

Amendment—Clause 4

Moved, 235(31)
Debate, 235(31)–235(32)

Amendment—Clause 8

Moved, 235(51)–235(52)
Debate, 235(52)

Health care

Ambulance

Comments in Budget 2024 debate, 4171–4172
Does Minister agree with Mayor of Gander's comments that anything worth doing in our province should be done in St. John's, 4480
Does Minister agree with stakeholders call for the cancellation of the integrated ambulance services Request for Proposals due to concerns with the delivery of services, 4479
Given routine diversions of ambulances to the Northeast Avalon from outlying areas, why are we deliberately jeopardizing health care in rural Newfoundland and Labrador, 5224
How many more people in our province have waited over an hour for an ambulance response, 7083
How many people called 911 looking for an ambulance during the outage, and didn't get an answer, 5097–5098
It took an hour for paramedics to respond to a 911 call in CBS, is that acceptable, 7082
Patient transfer, is this exactly what is going on in our system and does it make any sense, 7083

Autism

Speech language and occupational therapy have an 18-to-24 month wait time, how is this inclusion, 7518
When will we actually meet national standards, 7518–7519
Why is it acceptable for children to wait in excess of 2½ years to receive an autism diagnosis, 7517–7518

Cancer

Considering the long waiting lists for cervical cancer screening, why has government allowed women's health to suffer so badly in Central Newfoundland, 4364, 4365
Is anyone paying attention to monitoring women's continuity of care, 4365
Is Premier worried that the delays in screening results are jeopardizing the health of women in Central Newfoundland and Labrador, 4366
Is this failure to recruit a specialist part of the reason cancer patients cannot access the treatment they need, 7568
Why are cancer patients in the province waiting longer than anywhere else in the country, 7566
Why are we failing patients in desperate need of life-saving treatment, 7567
Will Premier accept the Canadian Cancer Society's recommendation by implementing a lung cancer screening program for high-risk populations, 4363

Chemotherapy

Why are we failing family that needs chemotherapy, 5630
Will Premier give woman a chance to get the chemotherapy treatment she deserves and worry about who pays for it later, 5629

Crisis, Health Care System

Are clinics with no doctor and no nurse practitioner the future of health care in rural Newfoundland and Labrador, 5266
How can people in this province have faith in our health care system, 3638
How many people are on the waiting list for a CT scan, 5095
When are you going to address the problem of the growing number of people in hospital waiting for other levels of care and ensure the seniors get the care they need, 7614
Why did the former Minister of Health tell the people of the province that there was a Health Human Resources Plan when the Liberal government knew that was not correct, 2821
Why is health care in rural Newfoundland and Labrador not a priority for this government, 5221
Why is the number of people in hospital waiting for other levels of care growing, 7613–7614
With hospitals being described as over capacity and at maximum capacity, are we putting lives at risk in Newfoundland and Labrador, 5751

Doctors

Does Premier agree that one doctor supervising 45 patients without sleep in 48 hours is unsafe, 5751
Does the Minister agree with the CEO of NLHS in his statement that urbanization is the external barrier of rural medicine, 6913
Has health care in Labrador come to physicians feeling threatened and intimidated to speak out for fear of losing their job and privileges, 5223
How does Premier respond to Dr. Major's comment that without change, there will be a continued erosion of family physicians leaving the province, 5222
How many doctor vacancies are there in the province, 6912
How much does a family physician get paid to see an actual person in their office, 5749
What is Premier going to do to fix the problem of doctors intoxicated by sleep deprivation, 5752
Where does Minister suggest that patients of family doctor in Corner Brook who is closing practice should go, 5632
Where is the human resource plan for health professionals that the Liberal government said they had, 5093, 5840
Why do family doctors in Newfoundland and Labrador feel abandoned by government, 5632
Why is government part of the problem of residents not having access to a family doctor, rather than being part of the solution, 5222

Electroencephalogram (EEG)

Does Minister think it acceptable to put an 85-year-old woman on the road at 3:30 in the morning to reach Grand Falls-Windsor in time for an 8:15 a.m. appointment, 4839
Is Minister aware that people in Western Newfoundland and Labrador have to travel to Grand Falls-Windsor for this appointment, 4838, 4839
Would people on the West Coast not be better served by having one technician from Grand Falls-Windsor come to Corner Brook a couple of days per week, rather than have people on the road for hours a time for a 45-minute test, 4839

Emergency rooms

Why are horror stories of ambulance routine transfer delays good enough, 5223
Why not allow the new service provider to review services as opposed to predetermining where the locations are, 4479

Family care teams

Comments in Budget 2024 debate, 4170–4171
Of the 23 family care teams that Premier has announced, can he confirm that only six are fully staffed, 5094

Home care

Comment on Budget Speech 2023, 1663–1664

Hospitals

Are we getting the best value for our dollars, for the land for the new hospital, 5407
Can Minister clarify how much land was sold and for how much, 5405
Can Minister confirm that government doesn't own the land on which the turf dome will be built, 5458
Can Minister confirm the need for a new water tower that is going to cost between $15 million and $20 million to put at the site, and who is going to pay for it, 5409
Can Minister table an independent appraisal of this parcel of land that government is now buying, 5406
Can Premier confirm the new cancer care clinic in Western Newfoundland and Labrador will only offer very basic services, 4107–4108
Can Premier table the cost-benefit analysis, value-for-money assessment or land-bank study that has been completed to indicate that this is the best site, 5299
Did former Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure take the call from the developer about the land, 5527
Did someone in the Premier's office speak directly with the developer about land for the new St. Clare's, 5456
Did the land purchase for the new St. Clare's start with a call to the Premier's office, 5302, 5303–5304
Does Minister have estimate of how much taxpayers will have to pay for the ground preparation, the road connections and the water and sewer work for the new hospital site, 5369
Does Minister own the land for sport and well-being dome, 5457
Does Premier currently own site for sport and well-being dome, 5457
Given that land right next door was sold for $10,400 per acre, does Minister still think he got a good deal, 5407
Has report from Deloitte on plan to replace St. Clare's been received and will Minister table it, 5298–5299
How can government squander people's money on a land for hospital without even knowing what the final cost is going to be, 5529
How can Minister state that he doesn't know if he owns the land or not, 5457
How is the difference in cost of government having sold the land for $84,000 per acre and buying it back for $365,000 per acre the best deal for taxpayers, 5406
How many projects are the Liberals going to announce on land that they don't own, 5530
If Deloitte report and site plan for the new St. Clare's has not been completed, how did Premier choose the new hospital site, 5299
If Premier didn't take the call regarding the hospital site, who did, 5366–5367
Is Minister aware that part of the land government is attempting to build the turf dome on belongs to another developer, 5528
Is Minister prepared to spend $23 million of taxpayers money without even knowing if land is fit to build on, 5529
Is Premier breaking the promise that the new Western Memorial Hospital would open with a PET scanner, 4106
Is Premier committing to a PET scanner for Western Newfoundland, 4107
Is the new cancer clinic in Western Memorial Hospital ever going to open, 4107
What does new cancer care clinic look like, 4108
What is the appraised value of the land that government is paying $23 million for, 5368
What other consultants than Deloitte is Minister talking about with regard to the new St. Clare's, 5300
When Premier made new site announcements for St. Clare's, did he know at the time that 10 acres more land was needed than what was announced, 5457
Who approved the deal for the hospital site, 5367
Who owns the land on which the sport and well-being dome is to be built, 5527–5528
Who took the call from Mr. Hickman, 5366
Who will pay for the new water tower needed for the new hospital, 5409, 5410
Why did Minister state in documents that well-being dome had to be built on Kenmount Crossing, 5458
Why didn't government actually use their own Crown land to build the new hospital, 5407–5408
Why didn't Minister appropriate land for the new hospital, 5367, 5368
Why didn't Minister appropriate the amount of land needed to get access to Crown land, 5369
Why did Premier hide the $23-million hidden cost at the photo op when the location of the new St. Clare's was announced, 5301
Why is government hiding details about the donated land, 5458
Why is government paying over $400,000 per acre for the land for the new St. Clare's, when there's 70 acres across the street and it's for sale for $1.75 million, 5300
Why is government spending $23 million on land when they don't even know if it's in a watershed or if a flood plain investigation has been done, 5529
Why isn't government going to tender on projects like the new St. Clare's, 5301–5302
Why isn't Premier utilizing the former Western Memorial Hospital for alternate level care patients, 5752
Why not expropriate and take back the width that we need to put a roadway into 130 acres of Crown land that we already own, 5408
Why would we invest in a billion dollar hospital complex and not require work on a survey and geotechnical investigation to be completed, 5528

Long-term care

Can we expect legislation in this sitting to protect the best interests of seniors living in long-term care, 5134
Does Premier know how many long-term care beds are expected to be required in the next five years, 5836
Does Premier know how many seniors that require long-term care beds are actually occupying acute-care beds, 5135
How does it make any sense to have long-term care beds closed when there's such a demand for long-term care beds in the province, 6915
How does the Premier respond to the Seniors' Advocates recommendation about rental rates for personal care homes and long-term care homes, 7468
How do you build a new long-term care facility in Corner Brook and not have enough beds, 5096
I ask the Minister if they can explain why we are separating seniors from their loved ones, 6914–6915
Urging government to announce a feasibility study to look at the potential to build a new long-term care facility in the Bay St. George region, 1049
Urging government to consider the replacement and construction of a new long-term care facility for the residents of Bay St. George, 1198–1199
What is the Premier's plan to build and staff the additional necessary long-term care beds, 5837
Why aren't alternate levels of care patients being moved back to the old Western Memorial hospital where they were being looked after prior to the move, 5838
Why aren't personal care home inspection reports made public, 6984
Why are there 40 cottages at Lions Manor Nursing Home in need of repair and refurbishment, 6916
Why did it take seven years to get this review done, 7466
Why doesn't Premier use the old Western Memorial Hospital to accommodate people, 5097
Why does Premier not move alternate levels of care back to the old Western Memorial and staff it there, 5837
Why has government not released an implementation plan and when will we see it, 7467
Why has the government not provided proper oversight for families and seniors for the last decade, 6983
Why is the government not using closed beds at Lions Manor Nursing Home in Placentia to provide care for people, 6915
Why is the government saying that this is a communications issue, 6983
Why wasn't planning done to make the long-term care facility big enough in Corner Brook, 5097
Why were only 102 beds built for the new long-term care facility, 5837
Will Premier cancel decision to convert single-occupancy rooms in long-term care homes to double-occupancy, 5134
Will Premier make public the review of province's personal care homes and long term care homes, 5836
Will the Premier commit to following the Seniors' Advocates advice to raise the Comfort Allowance and to index it to inflation, 7468
Will you commit to keeping the House open and, next week, introduce the legislation that's recommended by the Seniors' Advocate, 7467
Will you ensure that any changes you make that you'll work with the personal care homes to make sure they are able to provide the best care for our province's seniors, 7469

Medical Transportation Assistance Program (MTAP)

Does Premier agree that the program should be funded 100 per cent and covered for the people of the province, 4364

Mental health

Can those who rely on mental health and addiction services expect to see locked emergency rooms this Christmas season, 3393
Does Premier think that government is doing enough to address the situation, 4287
Have positions for the Mobile Crisis Response Teams been advertised and do we have start dates for these additional staff, 4289–4290
How can Premier address the overdose situation in the province if he does not even know the scale of it, 4287
How many people have died because of overdose in our province in 2023, 4286
How many staff have been recruited for the Mobile Crisis Response Teams and when might they actually be up and running, 4289
How much of the $15 million allocated in the budget is being spent in Labrador, 4288
Is mental health unit in Labrador currently up and running and accepting patients right now, 4288
Last year the government announced Mobile Crisis Response Teams for Burin, Clarenville and Conception Bay North areas, why have they not been fulfilled, 7169, 7170
Urging government to expedite the work of the All-Party Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Addictions and fully include people with lived experience, relevant government departments, professionals in health care, policing, justice, education and social work, community groups, Indigenous communities, faith groups and others who can provide insight to help address the wide array of challenges more effectively so everyone in need has somewhere to turn right away

Debate, 4719–4720

When will we see mental health and addictions services fully staffed in our province, 3392
Why has government ignored those seeking answers regarding addiction treatment options for their children, 4288
Will communities have crisis teams in place before the end of the year, 4289

MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

How many people are on the waiting list for an MRI today, 5095
What does Minister say to the mother who is awaiting an MRI, 3513
Why are we only hearing about improvements in metro area wait times for MRIs; where are the stats on for the rest of the province, 6981–6982

Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services (NLHS)

Can the Minister table a list of the front-line programs and services that have been cut to meet this savings target, 6729
Can the Premier give a detailed listing of what has actually been saved and where it has been saved, 6783
Did Minister of Finance know that Minister of Health signed off and approved the increased lines of credit, 3639
How many jobs are on the chopping block and will not be reposted or will not be filled because of the $50 million reduction in the budget, 6730–6731
How many jobs have been cut as a direct result of this $50 million reduction in the budget, 6730
How many vacancies still exist within the health care system in the province, 6730
When did government send order to cut $50 million from the NL health care budget, 6729
Why did the Premier order $50 million cut from the Health budget, 6783
Why wasn't the 459% increase in lines of credit addressed in provincial borrowing, 3639
Will Premier commit to having the Chief Executive Officer of the Health Services board attend the Estimates Committee Friday morning, 3909

Nurse practitioners

Doesn't Premier think that a half million dollars to the people who are paying to see a nurse practitioner would be money well spent, 4635
Does Premier think it acceptable for people to have to pay to see a nurse practitioner, 5094–5095
Do you have any idea of how many people are paying out of pocket to see a nurse practitioner in this province, 7425
Has Premier spoken to his caucus about the disparaging remarks made towards nurse practitioners and will the Member responsible stand and apologize, 5460–5461
How many nurse practitioners are currently working at that site, 3032
When will the people of the province be reimbursed for paying out of pocket to see a nurse practitioner, 7425
Why are seniors and others being forced to pay up to $65 to see a nurse practitioner because they cannot see any other family care provider, 2821
Why are seniors and people on low income being forced to pay out of pocket to see a nurse practitioner, 5750
Why wait until April 1, 2026, to allow people to see a nurse practitioner without having to pay, 6685
Will government cover costs of nurse practitioner visits, 6684
Will Minister implement the recommendation that the cost of medicals be eliminated and covered by Medical Care Plan (MCP), 840
Will Premier allow nurse practitioners to be reimbursed for all of the patients they are helping in Newfoundland and Labrador, 5839

Nurses

Can Premier confirm that Canadian Health Labs actually received the full amount in excess of $100 million, 3907
Can Premier confirm that nursing students have to fly to St. John's to get the practical experience they need in a hospital environment on their own dime, 3997
Can Premier provide the House with the Comptroller General's report on investigation into the travel nurses scandal, 3908
Can Premier tell the House which companies were paid an additional $40 million for travel nurses, 3907
Can Premier tell the House which company was hired to do the vaccination clinics for the Confederation Building, 3907
Can the Comptroller General's investigation be provided to the House now, 3908
Comments in budget debate, 4168–4170
Did current or former Minister of Health meet with Liberal lobbyist Jordan O'Brien and/or the Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Health Labs, 3601
Did Minister of Municipal and Provincial Affairs meet with Canadian Health Labs in his time as Minister of Health, 3602
Did Minister sign off on this contract for travel nurses, 3448
Did Premier, his Ministers or any of his staff meet with the Chief Executive Officers of the Canadian Health Labs, prior to the contract being signed, 3660
Did Premier authorize the signing of the contract that gives away air fryers and travel bonuses, 3445
Did Premier's staff tell him they were communicating with Canadian Health Labs for over two years, 3601
Did they meet with the head of Canadian Health Labs, 3602
Has Premier directed Minister to write Canadian Health Labs and ask for the $1.6 million back that was paid out for services that were never provided, 3661
Have these nursing students been offered full-time jobs, 3998, 3999
How can Minister approve a contract to be signed if he doesn't know what's in it, 3640
How could it happen that government mismanaged the contracts, 3600
How is it possible that nursing students are being asked to pay their own way from Labrador to come to St. John's and get the practical experience they need, 3997–3998
Is Premier alluding that the health authority undertook and signed the contract without any approval from his office or the Minister's office, 3446–3447
Is Premier aware of an instance where a travel nurse's family was flown into the province for Christmas and provided with a rental vehicle, 3660–3661
Is Premier hiding something regarding the lucrative contract for travel nurses, 3602
Is Premier trying to convince the House that the health authority turned around and entered into a contract for $36 million without the consent of government, 3446
Point of clarification on travel costs for nursing students, 4009
Removal of nurse from Black Tickle, 736, 737
Was Premier aware that his senior staff was communicating with Canadian Health Labs, 3600
Was Premier aware that his senior staff were communicating directly with Canadian Health Labs, 3660
When did Minister first hear of the offer from Canadian Health Labs to provide travel nurses to this province, 3659
When did Premier's office authorize the sole contract for travel nurses to the Canadian Health Labs company, 3445
When was Premier aware of the $1.6 million being paid out to Canadian Health Labs which was never given to the travel nurses themselves, 3511–3512
When was Premier aware that his senior staff were communicating directly with Canadian Health Labs, 3511
When was Premier made aware that the $1.6 million was never paid out to the nurses that we had under contract, 3661
Who authorized the travel nurse contract, 3447
Why are chemotherapy nurses in rural Newfoundland and Labrador paid less than those in St. John's, 3906
Why did Premier use a private company to do the vaccination clinics for the Confederation Building, 3908
Why doesn't the Premier bring in the Auditor General, in regards to travel nurses, 3638
Why is government discrimination against rural Newfoundland and Labrador nurses, 3906–3907
Why is Liberal government cutting nursing instructors, 3997
Why is Minister covering up concerning the travel nurses, and why not call in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Auditor General to ensure we get to the bottom of this, 3512
Why is Premier making cuts to nursing education, 3996
Why is there a decision note signed by the Minister authorizing Western Health to extend arrangement with Canadian Health Labs, 3511
Will Minister call in the Auditor General over the travel nurse meal allowances, 3447–3448
Will nursing students be reimbursed for the cost of traveling to St.John's for training, 3999

Rehabilitation

When can woman in St. Anthony expect to get the treatment she deserves, 5230
Why are patients in rural Newfoundland and Labrador being denied rehabilitation, 5264
Why are we continuing to fail senior and not giving this woman a chance, 5631
Why is mother who suffered a stroke being denied rehabilitation, 5264
Why is rehab in rural Newfoundland and Labrador being denied, 5265
Why should a woman wait ten months for rehab, 5265
Will someone ensure that this woman gets the rehabilitation and care she needs, 5631

Tabled documents

Decision/Direction Note from Department of Health and Community Services - December 2022, 3520
Letter to Central Health Board Chair Dated April 22, 2022, 3520
NL Health Services Memo re: Travel for Employer Business, 6739

Teladoc Health

Based on local physician's comments and the number of patient visits, how much is each visit costing, 5749
Can Minister confirm that Teladoc costs $579 per visit when local doctors receive less than $50 per visit, 5839
Can Premier confirm the actual cost for Teladoc and how long the contract is in place, 5748
Is it true that Teledoc costs about $579 per visit when local doctors receive less than $50 per visit, 5838
Why does Teladoc come ahead of supporting the nurse practitioners on the ground, 5750

Vaccines

Does the Minister support the policy that all shingles vaccinations should be free for everyone 50 and older, 7031
Urging the government to provide the shingles vaccine free of charge to seniors and individuals living with compromised immune systems

Notice of motion, 6795
Moved, 6927–6929
Debate, 6951–6953

When will the shingles vaccine be free for all seniors over the age of 50, 7215
Why did it take a Liberal leadership change to change your mind on the vaccines for shingles and will you provide full coverage in this budget, 7212–7213
Will you honour your commitment, amend your budget and pay for the shingles vaccine for seniors, 7213, 7214

Virtual care

How could it happen that the Medical Association has been left in the dark when it comes to the new virtual contract awarded to an American company, 3245
What's being done to ensure that physicians won't leave their practices because of all of the paperwork that they have to do, 3245–3246
Who will do the follow-up with patients for things like cancerous tumours, 3246
Why would government allow the set up of another two-tiered system, 3245
Will doctors providing virtual care under the new contract be paid the same rates as other doctors in our public system, 3031–3032

House of Assembly

Addresses

Acknowledging outgoing Premier, 7181
Summer adjournment 2024, 5077–5081
Summer adjournment 2025, 7645–7646
Winter adjournment 2023, 3427–3430
Winter adjournment 2024, 6031–6033

Members

Welcoming new Member for District of Fogo Island - Cape Freels—McKenna, Jim, 4525
Welcoming new Member for Waterford Valley (District)—Korab, Jamie, 5087

Office of the Citizens' Representative

By a Thread: Report About the Challenges of Parents and Medically Complex Children

Question concerning, 2936

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

Appointment of Kerry Hatfield

Debate, 5880–5892

Office of the Seniors' Advocate

Does the expansion in this year's budget include the Seniors' Advocate recommendation to expand and fund the Home Modification Program, 7171
When will Seniors' Advocate recommendation to offer the shingles vaccine free of charge to low-income seniors be implemented, 5691–5692
Why haven't the recommendation been done to make it easier for seniors to stay in their own homes, 7171
Will Premier commit to implementing the 12 recommendations made by the Seniors' Advocate, 3394
Will Premier follow Seniors' Advocate's recommendations to help those faced with huge increases in rent at personal care homes, 2715
Will Premier take one of the recommendations of the Seniors' Advocate and index the Seniors' Benefit plan, 3324
Will the government implement all six recommendations made by the Seniors' Advocate today, 7170

Housing

Are all costs included in the $13 million-budgeted amount, 4934
Are we building 850 new affordable homes or 850 new housing options, 3247
Aside from giving Liberal friends a blank cheque, what is the plan for use of the hotel, 4245
Can government confirm whether we are actually building 850 new affordable homes or 850 new housing options, 3246–3247
Can government provide the cost-benefit analysis that was done when the sole-source Liberal contract was entered into with the Liberal fundraising partner, 4203
Can Minister confirm cost of $130,000 per room at the Comfort Inn, 5058
Can Minister confirm that there is $6 million being allocated for operating expenses, 5057
Can Minister provide a specific date that the hotel has targeted for full occupancy, 5059
Can Minister provide the total amount that has been spent to date on temporary accommodations, 5060–5061
Can Minister table the exact locations and occupancy dates of the 965 new homes built since 2021, 6843
Can Premier confirm that there have only been 11 new homes built, 2717
Can Premier tell people why he and two Ministers talked about 750 new homes, 2716
Comments in Budget Speech 2023, 1661–1662
Did Deputy Premier misspeak in a scripted video, 2748
Did government actually review the proposal against other options to ensure that they were getting the best value for the taxpayers' money, 4243
Did lease agreement for the Comfort Inn also begin with a call to the Premier's office, 5302
Did officials inspect the shelter before sending people from Tent City into that space, 2979
Does government have any idea how many rooms we are getting and what the total cost is, 4244–4245
Does Minister believe that the situation with the Airport Inn contract is good value for the money, 4201
Do we have any idea what this is costing the taxpayers of the province, 4245–4246
Given that housing starts were down 34 per cent over last year, why is government projecting to build less than 10 per cent, 3200
Given that The Telegram reported about a Tent City in Pippy Park 16 months ago, what's taking so long for the housing crisis to be addressed, 2565
Homelessness

Correspondence sent to the Member of Stephenville - Port au Port regarding use of hotels for emergency shelters for the homeless—Tabled, 1743

How can Premier defend denying individuals and families a roof over their heads, 2566
How did it happen that people were sent to a shelter with no oven and water that does not work right, 2979
How did it happen that there are 2,800 people on the wait-list, 2747–2748
How does government know that this option was the best, and where is the cost-benefit analysis, 4204
How many decades will it take this Liberal government to find homes for the 2,800 people on the wait-list, 2717
How many of the 850 homes are actually built and occupied, 3248
How much did government spend for other temporary accommodation from January to March of this year and how many people are actually being housed in such temporary accommodations, 4932–4932
How much is being paid for security at Airport Inn on a monthly basis, 4201
How much longer will it take to get the Gander housing shelter on the go, 4478
If Premier knew he had made a mistake, why were his claims repeated for another three weeks, 2748
Is $6 million going to pay the operating costs for the Comfort Inn, 5058
Is government negotiating the possibility of an extension to the contract beyond 3 years or purchasing the facility outright, 4932
Is it still the case that clients will be identified through an intake process, 4243
Is the housing advocate or the Minister correct about the possibility to have predicted this crisis, 2749
Is the Minister saying that the victims of crime are making up the stories, 6913, 6914
Is the Seniors' Advocate recommendation to establish a low-interest loan program to make small preventative home modifications more accessible included in the '24-'25 budget, 7172
Leasing of hotel called Comfort Inn in St. John's at $21 million for three years with no tender is not defendable, 6534–6535
The minister of Housing says there isn't a problem of criminal activity while the Minister of Justice confirm there is, which is correct, 6914
Urging government to immediately take steps to reduce the lack of social housing in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador

Debate, 3236–3237

Was Minister misinformed or misinforming the people about 750 homes being constructed, 2717
Was Minister misinformed or was he misinforming the people of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2716
Was Premier misinformed or was he misinforming the people of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2716
We've heard that there are negotiations ongoing to extend the Comfort Inn contract, is this true, 7215
What additional operational costs are there, 4202
What assurances can Minister give to people in the region that facility is secure, 4932
What do you say to the people of this once peaceful community—106 Airport Road, 6844
What is now the total expected cost for hotel at Airport Road over the course of the next three years, 4932
What will be the full capacity of the hotel at Airport Road, and when will capacity be reached, 4930
What will province be doing for the homeless who do not meet the restrictive terms of admission to the Airport Road hotel, and where will they be housed, 4934
What will the monthly restaurant tab be at Airport Inn, 4202
When are we targeting full occupancy for the Comfort Inn, 5059
When does government hope to achieve having 100 people staying at the hotel, 4932
When will full occupancy for the Comfort Inn occur, 5060
When will hotel be targeted for full occupancy, 5060
When will hotel housing open, 4246
When will housing shelter building in Gander be opened, 4478
When will people move into the hotel, 4244
When will the safety of the neighbourhood surrounding 106 Airport Road be ensured, 6844
When will vacant housing units in need of repair be fixed and ready for habitation, 6842
Who in government did hotel owners communicate with, 4242
Why are Premier and Minister hiding from media on this important issue, 2980
Why did Deputy Premier, on at least three occasions, tell the province that government had built 750 homes when they knew that was not correct, 2820
Why did Deputy Premier set the example for deception, 2749
Why did it take so long for a Liberal government to implement a housing plan, 3201
Why did Premier tell people of the province that government had built 750 homes when that was not correct, 2819
Why did the Minister tell the people of the province that government had built 750 homes when he knew that was not correct, 2820
Why does government continue to pass over government cheques to their Liberal friends versus keys to the people for their new homes, 6782
Why does it take a crisis to get government to respond to the housing crisis, 2565
Why do the Liberal owners of the accommodations get better treatment than low-income recipients and our seniors, 4203
Why has it taken so long for government to keep its promise to fix the housing crisis, 2520
Why has the Housing budget for '24-'25 been reduced by $23 million, 7171–7172
Why is government dragging its heels on resources for the housing shelter in Gander, 4477
Will Deputy Premier stand up and say that they made a mistake, 2749
Will facility be accepting people from across the province and if so, will their costs be covered, 4932
Will hotel be used for housing individuals who have demonstrated the ability to live independently and new Canadians who are moving to the province and need temporary housing, 4244
Will Minister table a full list of the 850 new homes, and where they are to be built in the province, 3247
Will Premier provide House with how they arrived at the budget for Comfort Inn and provide the details of the $6 million, 5058
Will Premier show leadership and replace the Minister of Housing immediately, 2979
Will the Comfort Inn be a place for recovering users to seek shelter away from drugs, 4290

Immigration, Population Growth and Skills

Barrow AFC

Did website traffic actually go down relative to the week before the big game, showing how ineffective the jersey ads really were, 5459
Even after an $8-million dollar contact to m5 Advertising, how did government get it so wrong, 5458–5459
When will government stop misleading the people of Newfoundland and Labrador and tell us the facts, 5459, 5460

Income Tax Act, 2000 (Amdt.) (Bill 35)

Committee, 4679, 4680–4681

Industry, Energy and Technology

Electricity

Will the government write to the Public Utilities Board to investigate high power bills being reported, 6685

Energy needs

Is Premier saying he has a framework for a 2041 deal and he knows what's in it and what's not in it, 4532
Will Premier explain to the people of Newfoundland and Labrador what he meant when he said they were quasi-educated in their opinions about 2041, 4531–4532

Upper Churchill

Will government commit that any deal will be fully debated in the House before ratification, 3100
Will government commit that any deal will be referred to an independent panel of experts for robust review, assessment and analysis as recommended by Justice LeBlanc, 3101
Will Premier assure the House of Assembly that before any deal gets signed, people will get to judge for themselves by open public debate, debate in the House, and by bringing in an independent group of experts to review any deal before it's signed, 4533

Wind energy

Urging government to not approve wind farm project on the Port au Port Peninsula as the potential negative impacts outweigh any of the positives outlined in proposal, 791–792
Urging government to request a public hearing as written in the Environmental Protection Act, 3405
What community benefits have been negotiated with the regions impacted by wind turbine projects, 3852
What frameworks have been developed to ensure communities receive maximum local benefits for employment and financial considerations, 3852
Will government make sure that benefits agreements are in place with local communities impacted by developments, 3853

Interim Supply Act, 2023 (Bill 21)

Committee, 1056–1059, 1254–1256

Interim Supply Act, 2024 (Bill 63)

Committee, 3572–3574

Justice and Public Safety

Child physical abuse

Can Minister commit to legislation on having debate on the statute of limitations in the House of Assembly, 4566
Will Deputy Premier commit to keeping Limitations Act open to introduce and pass changes, 4564
Will Deputy Premier ensure that the Limitations Act is passed in this sitting of the House of Assembly, 4564
Will legislation on the statute of limitations be passed in the House, 4566

Corrections

In 2021 it was said the penitentiary was going to be complete by 2025, what happened, 7615

Crime

What can the Minister offer besides future budget promises, 7168–7169
Why did the government disband the joint task force focused on organized crime and drug trafficking in 2018, 7169

Firefighters

Are volunteer firefighters now the first responders in the new provincial ambulance program and will they be funded, 7081
Urging government to explore innovative solutions and best practices that will further support our volunteer firefighters

Debate, 1224–1225

Volunteer fire departments are making sure that the patients are looked after, who's looking after them, 7082
We're hearing that volunteer fire departments are experiencing a significant increase in the number of medical calls that they respond to, who's footing the bill, 7081–7082

Missing person

Can Minister provide a timeline as to when the family might get some answers, 4564

Policing

How many police officers are in our province working currently compared to last year, 7030
How much more are the taxpayers paying for extra RNC patrols and specialized mobile resources for the area surrounding 106 Airport Road, 6845, 6846
Is the late arrival of police at recent crime scene a result of the Liberal government's failure to properly staff our police force, 5987
Why has government allowed public safety to turn into a crisis, 5989

Sexual abuse investigations

How did abuse by Tony Humby happen in the care of the province for so long, 5629
Why was Tony Humby repeatedly investigated over the years but never charged, 5628–5629
Will Premier do the right thing and call an inquiry into the alleged horrible abuse by Tony Humby and Bruce Escott, 5628

Labour

Job-protected leave

Will Premier accept the recommendation of the Canadian Cancer Society and implement job protection for anyone suffering from a serious illness, 4363
Will Premier extend unpaid job protection to those with serious illnesses from the current seven days to 26 weeks, 4362

Lands Act (Amdt.) No. 2 (Bill 68)

Second reading, 5585(12)–5585(19)

Loan and Guarantee Act, 1957, The (Amdt.) (Bill 28)

Committee, 1290–1291

Mainland

Tributes

Oliver, Sylvia, 7562

Management of Information Act (Amdt.) and House of Assembly Accountability, Integrity and Administration Act (Amdt.) (Bill 22)

Second reading

Amendment (Reasoned amendment)

Debate, 1365(8)–1365(11)

Members' Statements

Arts

Acknowledging award-winning, 14-year-old singer—David Walsh—Stephenville, 6978
Preserving and passing on traditional music—Mercer, Jim—Stephenville Crossing, 3027
Recognizing many contributions to the arts—Stagg, Cheryl—Stephenville - Port au Port (District), 5524

Awards, miscellaneous

Governor General's Award—Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers—Miller, Bob—Stephenville, 4831–4832

Clubs/organizations

Caribou Curling Club—50th Anniversary—Stephenville, 3775–3776
Community Cafe—Gathering place for nutritious meals prepared by local service organizations—Stephenville, 4043
Guardian Angels for Stephenville Seniors—Commending Tracy Boland and the work of the group, 4283
Kinsmen Club

Bay St. George—Thanking them for their dedication in serving the community's greatest needs, 4630

Miscellaneous

Acknowledging Don Russell's work running the Addictions Recovery Drop-In Centre—Stephenville, 2745
World Hemophilia Day—Acknowledging those who give their time to improve the lives of hemophiliacs in province, 1861

Municipalities

Community project raising boiler chickens—Campbell's Creek, 5259–5260
Our Lady of Mercy Church—Urging people to vote in the Next Great Save competition—Stephenville, 4528–2528

Sports/recreation

Ball hockey

2022 World Ball Hockey champion—Cooze, Kristen—Port au Port, 574

Special Olympics

Male and female Athlete of the Year—Walsh, Samantha and Michael Budden—Stephenville, 3389

Swimming

Acknowledging Katarina Roxon's many accomplishments—Stephenville, 5685–5686

Tributes

Acknowledging tireless work for Francophones in Newfoundland and Labrador—Cormier, Robert—Cape St. George, 30–31
Chipp, Darrell—Stephenville, 4927–4928
Mulroney, Prime Minister Brian, 3442–3443
Oliver, Sylvia—Mainland, 7562
Parsons, Kevin—Former Member of the House of Assembly, 5087–5088

Volunteers

Acknowledging work by Frequent Flyers to give back to Bay St. George Sick Children's Foundation, 1229–1230
Revitalization of Cancer Care Garden of Hope—Keats, Rosie and Dave Kane—Stephenville Crossing, 2665

Memorial University Act (Amdt.) (Bill 39)

Second reading, 1939–1941

Ministerial Statements

Confederation

75th anniversary of—Recognition of historic moment

response, 3851

Curling

Congratulating Team Gushue on winning the 2024 Brier

response, 3655–3656

Finance

Economic forecast

Minister highlights strength, growth and optimism in economic forecast

response, 4835

Financial Literacy Month

Recognition of

response, 644

Order of Newfoundland and Labrador

Recognizing eight outstanding and inspiring individuals

response, 5093

Public Service

Graduate Recruitment Program

Welcoming new recruits

response, 3720

Remembrance Day

Premier reflects on Remembrance Day and Newfoundland and Labrador's contributions in World War I

response, 5262–5263

Transportation and Infrastructure

Highways/roads

Minister highlights employees who attended accident scene

response, 2431

Tributes

Bragg, Derrick

response, 3439

Cole, Bob

response, 4284–4285

Williams, Albert

response, 5746

World War I

Premier commemorates First World War sacrifices with expanded Trail of the Caribou pilgrimage Student Ambassador Program

response, 5053–5054

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

Extraordinary Debate Pursuant to SO 8(7)

Memorandum of Understanding Between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec

House of Assembly to support Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro proceeding with the Memorandum of Understanding toward the definitive agreements, as defined in the Memorandum of Understanding

Debate (Members), 6066–6068, 6069, 6070, 6071, 6072, 6073–6075, 6076, 6077, 6078, 6079, 6080, 6081–6082, 6099, 6100, 6101, 6102, 6103, 6104, 6184–6185, 6186, 6187–6188, 6189, 6190, 6206–6207, 6208, 6209–6210, 6211–6212, 6224–6226, 6292–6293, 6295, 6296–6297, 6298–6299, 6314–6315, 6316, 6369, 6370, 6371, 6373, 6374, 6375, 6406–6407, 6408, 6409, 6410, 6507–6512

Ocean Ranger

House to call on government to work with the Government of Canada to repatriate artifacts and records from the Ocean Ranger to St. John's for a permanent exhibit

Debate, 5657–5658

"Ode to Labrador"; "Ode to Newfoundland"

Urging government to bring forward legislation to require the "Ode to Newfoundland" and the "Ode to Labrador" to be sung at graduation ceremonies at Memorial University's convocation

Debate, 2462–2464

Office of the Premier

Will Premier table the receipts for his fishing trip with John Risley, 839

Oral Questions

Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act

Is it acceptable that there are differing statements regarding consultation with the Privacy Commissioner on Clare's Law, 3396
Why is Premier excluding the Privacy Commissioner from reviewing legislation before it is passed, 3395

Budget

Can you tell the people of the province why you're continuing to underestimate the deficit, 7334
Has the expected revenue of $520 million related to the tobacco settlement been included in this year's budget, 7332
How can the people of the province trust this budget and trust this government, 7333
If you did not book this revenue that you may get sometime in the future, would the actual deficit in this year's budget be well over $800 million, 7335
When will the Minister table a budget for this fiscal year, 6912
Why are we telling the people of the province that it's $372 million, 7334
Why did it take a Liberal leadership change to change your mind on the vaccines for shingles and will you provide full coverage in this budget, 7212–7213
Why is this province the only one to fully book the entire revenue of the tobacco settlement in one fiscal year, 7333
Will the Premier be amending the budget to reflect the new Cabinet structure, 7212
Without this revenue, what would the deficit have been, 7333

Burials and funerals

Who is overseeing our health care system, the Minister's department or the media, 3639–3640

Children, Seniors and Social Development

Children in care

Are 100 vacancies in the Dept. of Children, Seniors and Social Development contributing to the lack of care for children in care, 5690
Does Minister believe that the 100 social work vacancies in his department are contributing to the children in care, 5689
Does Minister think his response to concerns about security and operation were appropriate, 5689
Is review and investigation from Minister's office appropriate, 5688
What is department doing right now to protect children in care, 5687
Why is Minister not taking immediate steps to protect our children, 5688
Will Premier commit to a commission of inquiry into children in care and the response of the province's police forces where witnesses can be interviewed in camera and protected, 5836

Medically complex children

Will Premier commit to a timeline to implement the 12 recommendations of the report, 2936

Cost of living

Does Minister know the cost of living increase for those renting in the province, 3201
Does Minister think the introduction of a sugar tax and an increase in carbon tax will make life more affordable for seniors, 96
Does Premier know the number of people who said their family does not have enough money to live on, 3030
How can people keep up with the cost of living, given that it has risen higher than the national average, 2566
How can seniors afford healthy food, 841
How does Minister expect families to put a roof over their heads and keep up with all of these high costs of living, 2981
How does Minister Responsible for Seniors suggest constituent pay $2,000 to fill her oil tank, 782
How does Premier expect families to provide healthy food options when they can't afford it, 2981
How is it acceptable to government to have children standing in lines at food banks, 2980
How many people in the province are relying on food banks right now, 3031
How much have expenses increased for homeowners in the past 12 months, 3200
What does Premier say to the senior who must choose between food or heat, 2568
Why are nearly one in three families still struggling to put food on the table, 7423
Why has government refused to introduce a new poverty reduction strategy, 2669
Why has it taken government almost a decade and still we do not have a poverty reduction strategy, 3031
Will you fix your budget and increase the Seniors' Benefit by the 20 per cent as recommended by the Seniors' Advocate, 7424
Will you provide the Newfoundland and Labrador Child Benefit to more low-income families, 7424

Digital Government and Service NL

Cyberattack

How much of NL Health Service's debt is related to the cyberattack, 4106
How much was the final cost of the cyberattack, 4106
Three years after the cyberattack, how much of taxpayers dollars did the this cost the province, 4105–4106
What was the final cost of the cyberattack, 4106

Economic Development

Is this government's plan for rural NL to quietly shut the lights off and walk away, 6982

Education

Emergency teachers

Are children falling behind because of unqualified teachers, 4732
How is it possible that government was unaware of the increase in unqualified and untrained individuals in the classroom, 4731–4732
How is it that teacher credentials have gone back 75 years, 4731
Is there any correlation between grade 9 students failing to meet performance standards and what grade levels the unqualified and untrained teachers taught, 4732
Why are we allowing untrained and unqualified people to teach our children, 4730
Why is Premier only now hearing the alarm that the Teachers' Association has sounded for years, 4731
Why was Premier unaware of this important issue, 4730
Will Premier commit to getting to the bottom of the poor results and take appropriate action, 4733

Memorial University

When will recommendations of the Auditor General be implemented, 2750
Why are food banks on Memorial campus overwhelmed while expenditures are out of control, 2822
Will Premier freeze tuition costs until expenditures are brought under control at Memorial University, 2823

School safety

Does Premier stand by his Safe and Caring Schools policy, given that children are said to be taking weapons to school to protect themselves, 5987
In light of the recent attack outside Morris Academy, has Premier ordered a school safety audit, 5988

Environment and Climate Change

Floods

Doesn't Premier think that the $24,000 plus spent on travel would have helped the people of St. George, 4634
When will the people of Cape St. George finally receive the support they were promised, 7617
Why is government refusing to help people of Cape St. George, 4633
Will Premier commit to helping and providing funding for the people of Cape St. George, 4633
Will Premier provide update on what support has been provided for the Town of Cape St. George, 5057

Finance

Borrowing

Can Minister explain why government plans to borrow an extra $700 million, increasing from $1.5 to $2.2 billion, 3101

Carbon tax

Can Premier confirm that government is collecting HST on the carbon tax, 4047
Did Deputy Premier realize that carbon tax was hurting the people of Newfoundland and Labrador before or after she took $35 million out of their bank account, 3199
Did government make a mistake in introducing the carbon tax, 2937
Did Premier speak to our six Liberal Members of Parliament before the vote, 583
Does government believe that the sugar tax and the carbon tax are helping seniors, 2937
Does Premier agree that the carbon tax should be scrapped, 3854, 3855
Does Premier agree with Minister's support of a price on carbon, 4049
Does Premier agree with Minister who stated that the carbon tax was the right policy instrument, 4049
Does Premier believe that carbon tax should be axed, 3198, 3999
Does Premier regret the Liberal government's support for the carbon tax, 2672
Given the fact that the revenue from the carbon tax will come to Newfoundland and Labrador, will Premier commit that his government and Finance Minister will rebate that money back to the people who are actually paying the tax, 584
Has Minister written to the Prime Minister to stop charging HST on carbon tax, 4048
How does Premier suggest that someone from Trout River get to the health care centre without burning gas, 2671
How much money has Deputy Premier collected for carbon tax and will she rebate that money back to the people of Newfoundland and Labrador, 3198
How much revenue does Premier anticipate to collect from HST on carbon tax, 4047–4048
When will Premier listen to Newfoundlanders and Labradorians and stop charging them additional taxes, 783
Who is getting the revenue from the carbon tax on home heating fuel, 584
Why doesn't the Liberal government believe in putting more money back into people's pockets, 3199
Why is Premier offering to sacrifice our fisheries to offset the country's carbon problems, 4533–4534
Will Minister cancel inflationary taxes and allow the people of Newfoundland a better lifestyle, 3103
Will Minister rebate back the carbon tax, 3198
Will Premier commit to rebating $35 million back to the people, 2522
Will Premier rebate back the $35 million collected in carbon tax, 2938
Will Premier rebate back to the people the $35 million he's taken in on carbon tax, 2670
Will Premier rebate the money he has collected from the people of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2672, 2673
Will Premier say no to the carbon tax, 783

Diesel tax

Will Minister suspend the collection of all taxes on diesel, 896
Will Minister suspend the tax, 897
With people struggling to put food on the table, will Minister suspend the tax, 897

Gasoline tax

Will Premier commit to extend the eight cents a litre off gas beyond March 31st, 2567

Income tax

How does government justify charging the highest tax in North America, 840

Marine Atlantic Fuel Surcharge

Would Premier block Marine Atlantic's planned fuel surcharge, 2568

Public Assets, Sale of

Is Minister planning on selling the Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation, 243
Is Minister planning to sell any part of Newfoundland Hydro, 243
Is Minister planning to sell off the provincial share of offshore development, 243
Will Minister tell the people which of their assets will be sold, 244

Scotiabank

Why is Premier surprised that Scotiabank is following government's example in making it harder to do business in rural Newfoundland and Labrador, 2936

Sugar tax

Does government believe sugar tax is changing people's behaviour, or is it simply draining their pocketbooks, 3853
Does government believe that the sugar tax and the carbon tax are helping seniors, 2937
Does Premier know better than his own Health Accord, which made no mention of the sugar tax, 190
Does Premier know how much HST was collected on the sugar tax, 4050
Does Premier realize that his sugar tax promotes the use of artificial sweeteners, pushing people to make choices that could harm them, 652
How does sugar tax make sense when increased funding for diabetes relies on increased sugar consumption, 3854
If Premier won't do anything about the carbon tax, will he do the right thing and cancel the sugar tax, 2938
What has Minister put in place to refund the people who have been mistakenly charged sugar tax, 651
What other products is Premier planning to put the sugar tax on, 96
When will Minister stop the nonsense and axe the tax, 4051
Why does a mother have to pay almost $11 in sugar tax on a $4 purchase of fruit punch powder for their children, 2821, 2822
Will Minister cancel and stop the sugar tax, 4050
Will Minister recognize, as The Future of the Vote did, that sugar tax should be eliminated, 652
Will Premier admit that his carbon tax and his sugar tax was a mistake, 2521
Will Premier axe the sugar tax, 4000
Will Premier cancel the sugar tax, 2939
Will Premier cancel the sugar tax, which is under his control, 189
Will Premier cancel the tax, 190
Will Premier correct his mistake on the sugar tax and cancel it, 2521, 2522
Will Premier finally admit that the sugar tax is nothing more than a tax grab, 735
Will you commit to the elimination of the sugar tax, 7214
Will you eliminate the sugar tax, 6682, 6683

Tariffs

Can the Minister provide details of the incentives that this fund will be used for, 6981
How much of the $200 million that has been announced as tariff support will be set allocated for the fishery, 6681
Is the Boston office now staffed, 6841
I would ask the Premier if he could update the House on the province's tariff response package, 6781
Were you able to negotiate any new contracts for NL exports in your recent trips, 6782
What initiatives have been implemented to deal with this tariff situation in our province, 6728–6729
Will the Premier take the recommendation from business leaders to make it easier and cheaper to bring goods into this province, 6842

Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

Capelin

Can Minister provide update on the capelin fishery, 4566

Corner Brook Pulp And Paper Limited

Has Premier spoken to Joe Kruger about the sudden shutdown and can he provide an update, 3322

Crown Lands

Can Minister confirm that crown lands legislation will be brought before the House at this session, to be passed, 4565
Can Minister confirm that the Dept. of Transportation and Infrastructure will pay fully for the damaged artesian well belonging to the Boyd's Cove volunteer fire department, 6602
Can Minister table the documents showing how much the Kenmount Crossing land was worth when they paid $400,000 an acre and spent $23 million of the taxpayers' money, 6534
Does the Minister think that the Snow's Lane land is worthless, 6533–6534
Has the Kenmount Road appraisal actually been tabled, 6534
How do you tell a man in his 70s who is seeking to finally retire that we are not going to stay and pass the Lands Act, 4881
I ask the Minister to table the appraisal for the rest of the Kenmount Crossing land, and why only a small portion of the land was appraised, 6600
Is Minister prepared to stay in the House of Assembly to extend the session for the sake of the legislation, 4879–4880
Since when does land depreciate, as at Snow's Lane, and how can the minister justify that, 6532–6533
Why did Cabinet approve to sell-off 32 acres of Crown land off Snow's Lane for $5,000 an acre, 6532
Why did the government give away Snow's Lane land that had housing development potential, 6601
Why did the Minister have a fire sale for the Snow's Lane land and who benefited from this sale, 6601–6602
Why did the Minister use taxpayers' dollars to but the Kenmount Crossing land without having and independent appraisal done, 6600
Why did the Snow's Lane transaction not go to public tender, 6533
Why did we approve a fire sale for the Snow's Lane land, 6785
Why did we issue a blank cheque buying Kenmount Crossing land for which we had no appraisal, 6784–6785
Why was technical briefing cancelled, 4879
Why will legislation not be coming forward, 4878–4879
Will Crown Lands legislation be brought before the House and passed in this sitting of the legislature, 4565
Will Deputy Premier commit to bringing forth Crown lands legislation and have it passed in this sitting of the House of Assembly, 4565
Will Deputy Premier commit to keeping the House open to deal with the legislation, 4881
Will Minister admit that he bought the Kenmount Crossing land without an independent appraisal, 6599
Will Minister and Deputy Premier commit to keeping the House open for this legislation, 4880
Will Minister suspend all of the court actions against families in the meantime, 4882

Fisheries

What else besides letter writing is Premier going to do about the federal government allowing American harvesters to continue to harvest mackerel, while shutting down that fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador, 4535
When will Premier stand up for the fishery of Newfoundland and Labrador, 4534
When will we stand up for fishers in Newfoundland and Labrador, 4535

Fish plants

Has Minister had any discussions about pending labour unrest with the plant workers and processors, 4567
What happens if harvesters have to tie up their boats because of the pending strike, 4567

Forest Fires

Can the residents of Small Point, Adam's Cove, Blackhead and Broad Cove expect similar emergency compensation payments as seen by the residents of Labrador West after the fire evacuation or following Hurricane Fiona, 7211

Harvesters (2024 season)

Can Premier reassure harvesters that their issues will be addressed and that he will make it a top priority, 3598
Does Premier believe in free enterprise in our fishing industry, 3720, 3721, 3780
Does Premier believe that government legislation has helped create corporate concentration within the processing industry, 3722
Does Premier care enough to make sure this doesn't happen again this year, 3598
How are Premier and Minister's absence and inability to answer questions or hear concerns any way to govern, 3637–3638
How can fishers be reassured that their issues and their concerns are being addressed, 3636
How many processing licence applications that the Fish Processing Licensing Board have approved are still sitting on the Minister's desk, 3780
Is it too much to ask that fishers want to go out and catch their quotas and to be able to have it processed, 3659
Is Premier going to ensure that we get maximum value for our fishing industry, 3599
What action is Minister taking to address issues with harvesters, 3723
What action is Premier taking to address the issues of the fishers, 3658
What assurances can Minister give to 16,000 people that he is actually going to do something about the fishing industry, 3781
What does Premier say to harvesters who cannot find anyone to buy their product, 3509
What is Minister's opinion on proposal for a 20 per cent holdback on value of the catch, 3509
What is Premier's definition of free enterprise in the fishing industry, 3721
What particular issues did fishers want addressed, 3657
What will Minister tell the harvesters about fish processing capacity, 3637
When Fish Processing Licensing Board recommends granting a processing licence, why does it sit on the Minister's desk, 3722
When will Minister make the processing decision that's been on his desk for months, 3599
When will Premier look at issues, including controlling agreements, 3779
When will Premier look at issues, including corporate concentration, 3780
When will Premier look at issues, including processing capacity, 3779
When will Premier look at the structural issues that exist within the fishery, 3778
Why are recommendations of the Fish Processing Licensing Board not dealt with and how long have they been there, 3781
Will Premier get directly involved in making sure that our fishery starts on time, 3723, 3724

Mackerel

What will the Minister do besides writing letters to end the moratorium on the mackerel fishery in our province, 7617
Will government stand up for our harvesters and demand that Ottawa reopen the mackerel fishery, 7616

Food insecurity

Has government established a targeted food poverty reduction plan, 4838
Is it accurate that 8.5 per cent of people in the province live in food poverty, 4837
Is it a crisis when 46,000 people in our province are going hungry, 4774
Is it a crisis when 134,000 people are food insecure, 4774
Is it correct that a quarter of our population are never sure they have enough to eat, 4837
What is the targeted food security rate of the Poverty Reduction Plan, 4775
When will threshold be increased to allow more of those in need to avail of the benefits, 4776
With nearly half of all single mothers living in food insecurity while the child benefit has increased, why hasn't the eligibility threshold of $17,400 not increased, 4775

Future Fund

Can Minister confirm how much money they are going to put into the Future Fund this year, 3102
Can Minister confirm that they're actually borrowing to put money into the Future Fund, 3102
How does borrowing to make a contribution to the Future Fund make sense to Newfoundlanders and Labradorians who are struggling to make ends meet, 3102–3013

Health care

Ambulance

Does Minister agree with Mayor of Gander's comments that anything worth doing in our province should be done in St. John's, 4480
Does Minister agree with the stakeholders who have called for the cancellation of the integrated ambulance services Request for Proposals due to concerns with the delivery of services, 4479
Given routine diversions of ambulances to the Northeast Avalon from outlying areas, why are we deliberately jeopardizing health care in rural Newfoundland and Labrador, 5224
How many more people in our province have waited over an hour for an ambulance response, 7083
How many people called 911 looking for an ambulance during the outage, and didn't get an answer, 5097–5098
It took an hour for paramedics to respond to a 911 call in CBS, is that acceptable, 7082
Patient transfer, is this exactly what is going on in our system and does it make any sense, 7083
Why are horror stories of ambulance routine transfer delays good enough, 5223
Why not allow the new service provider to review services as opposed to predetermining where the locations are, 4479

Autism

Speech language and occupational therapy have an 18-to-24 month wait time, how is this inclusion, 7518
When will we actually meet national standards, 7518–7519
Why is it acceptable for children to wait in excess of 2½ years to receive an autism diagnosis, 7517–7518

Cancer

Considering the long waiting lists for cervical cancer screening, why has government allowed women's health to suffer so badly in Central Newfoundland, 4364, 4365
Is anyone paying attention to monitoring women's continuity of care, 4365
Is Premier worried that the delays in screening results are jeopardizing the health of women in Central Newfoundland and Labrador, 4366
Is this failure to recruit a specialist part of the reason cancer patients cannot access the treatment they need, 7568
Why are cancer patients in the province waiting longer than anywhere else in the country, 7566
Why are we failing patients in desperate need of life-saving treatment, 7567
Will Premier accept the Canadian Cancer Society's recommendation by implementing a lung cancer screening program for high-risk populations, 4363

Chemotherapy

Why are we failing family that needs chemotherapy, 5630
Will Premier give woman a chance to get the chemotherapy treatment she deserves and worry about who pays for it later, 5629

Crisis, Health Care System

Are clinics with no doctor and no nurse practitioner the future of health care in rural Newfoundland and Labrador, 5266
How can people in this province have faith in our health care system, 3638
How many people are on the waiting list for a CT scan, 5095
When are you going to address the problem of the growing number of people in hospital waiting for other levels of care and ensure the seniors get the care they need, 7614
Why did the former Minister of Health tell the people of the province that there was a Health Human Resources Plan when the Liberal government knew that was not correct, 2821
Why is health care in rural Newfoundland and Labrador not a priority for this government, 5221
Why is the number of people in hospital waiting for other levels of care growing, 7613–7614
With hospitals being described as over capacity and at maximum capacity, are we putting lives at risk in Newfoundland and Labrador, 5751

Doctors

Does Premier agree that one doctor supervising 45 patients without sleep in 48 hours is unsafe, 5751
Does the Minister agree with the CEO of NLHS in his statement that urbanization is the external barrier of rural medicine, 6913
Has health care in Labrador come to physicians feeling threatened and intimidated to speak out for fear of losing their job and privileges, 5223
How does Premier respond to Dr. Major's comment that without change, there will be a continued erosion of family physicians leaving the province, 5222
How many doctor vacancies are there in the province, 6912
How much does a family physician get paid to see an actual person in their office, 5749
What is Premier going to do to fix the problem of doctors intoxicated by sleep deprivation, 5752
Where does Minister suggest that patients of family doctor in Corner Brook who is closing practice should go, 5632
Where is the human resource plan for health professionals that the Liberal government said they had, 5093, 5840
Why do family doctors in Newfoundland and Labrador feel abandoned by government, 5632
Why is government part of the problem of residents not having access to a family doctor, rather than being part of the solution, 5222

Electroencephalogram (EEG)

Does Minister think it acceptable to put an 85-year-old woman on the road at 3:30 in the morning to reach Grand Falls-Windsor in time for an 8:15 a.m. appointment, 4839
Is Minister aware that people in Western Newfoundland and Labrador have to travel to Grand Falls-Windsor for this appointment, 4838, 4839
Would people on the West Coast not be better served by having one technician from Grand Falls-Windsor come to Corner Brook a couple of days per week, rather than have people on the road for hours a time for a 45-minute test, 4839

Family care teams

Of the 23 family care teams that Premier has announced, can he confirm that only six are fully staffed, 5094

Hospitals

Are we getting the best value for our dollars, for the land for the new hospital, 5407
Can Minister clarify how much land was sold and for how much, 5405
Can Minister confirm that a new water tower must be built on Kenmount Road, costing $15 to $20 million, 4204
Can Minister confirm that government doesn't own the land on which the turf dome will be built, 5458
Can Minister confirm the need for a new water tower that is going to cost between $15 million and $20 million to put at the site, and who is going to pay for it, 5409
Can Minister table an independent appraisal of this parcel of land that government is now buying, 5406
Can Premier confirm the new cancer care clinic in Western Newfoundland and Labrador will only offer very basic services, 4107–4108
Can Premier table the cost-benefit analysis, value-for-money assessment or land-bank study that has been completed to indicate that this is the best site, 5299
Did former Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure take the call from the developer about the land, 5527
Did someone in the Premier's office speak directly with the developer about land for the new St. Clare's, 5456
Did the land purchase for the new St. Clare's start with a call to the Premier's office, 5302, 5303–5304
Does Minister have estimate of how much taxpayers will have to pay for the ground preparation, the road connections and the water and sewer work for the new hospital site, 5369
Does Minister own the land for sport and well-being dome, 5457
Does Premier currently own site for sport and well-being dome, 5457
Given that land right next door was sold for $10,400 per acre, does Minister still think he got a good deal, 5407
Has report from Deloitte on plan to replace St. Clare's been received and will Minister table it, 5298–5299
How can government squander people's money on a land for hospital without even knowing what the final cost is going to be, 5529
How can Minister state that he doesn't know if he owns the land or not, 5457
How is the difference in cost of government having sold the land for $84,000 per acre and buying it back for $365,000 per acre the best deal for taxpayers, 5406
How many projects are the Liberals going to announce on land that they don't own, 5530
If Deloitte report and site plan for the new St. Clare's has not been completed, how did Premier choose the new hospital site, 5299
If Premier didn't take the call regarding the hospital site, who did, 5366–5367
Is Minister aware that part of the land government is attempting to build the turf dome on belongs to another developer, 5528
Is Minister prepared to spend $23 million of taxpayers money without even knowing if land is fit to build on, 5529
Is Premier breaking the promise that the new Western Memorial Hospital would open with a PET scanner, 4106
Is Premier committing to a PET scanner for Western Newfoundland, 4107
Is the new cancer clinic in Western Memorial Hospital ever going to open, 4107
What does new cancer care clinic look like, 4108
What is the appraised value of the land that government is paying $23 million for, 5368
What other consultants than Deloitte is Minister talking about with regard to the new St. Clare's, 5300
When Premier made new site announcements for St. Clare's, did he know at the time that 10 acres more land was needed than what was announced, 5457
Who approved the deal for the hospital site, 5367
Who owns the land on which the sport and well-being dome is to be built, 5527–5528
Who took the call from Mr. Hickman, 5366
Who will pay for the new water tower needed for the new hospital, 5409, 5410
Why did Minister state in documents that well-being dome had to be built on Kenmount Crossing, 5458
Why didn't government actually use their own Crown land to build the new hospital, 5407–5408
Why didn't Minister appropriate land for the new hospital, 5367, 5368
Why didn't Minister appropriate the amount of land needed to get access to Crown land, 5369
Why did Premier hide the $23-million hidden cost at the photo op when the location of the new St. Clare's was announced, 5301
Why is government hiding details about the donated land, 5458
Why is government paying over $400,000 per acre for the land for the new St. Clare's, when there's 70 acres across the street and it's for sale for $1.75 million, 5300
Why is government spending $23 million on land when they don't even know if it's in a watershed or if a flood plain investigation has been done, 5529
Why isn't government going to tender on projects like the new St. Clare's, 5301–5302
Why isn't Premier utilizing the former Western Memorial Hospital for alternate level care patients, 5752
Why not expropriate and take back the width that we need to put a roadway into 130 acres of Crown land that we already own, 5408
Why would we invest in a billion dollar hospital complex and not require work on a survey and geotechnical investigation to be completed, 5528

Long-term care

Can we expect legislation in this sitting to protect the best interests of seniors living in long-term care, 5134
Does Premier know how many long-term care beds are expected to be required in the next five years, 5836
Does Premier know how many seniors that require long-term care beds are actually occupying acute-care beds, 5135
How does it make any sense to have long-term care beds closed when there's such a demand for long-term care beds in the province, 6915
How does the Premier respond to the Seniors' Advocates recommendation about rental rates for personal care homes and long-term care homes, 7468
How do you build a new long-term care facility in Corner Brook and not have enough beds, 5096
I ask the Minister if they can explain why we are separating seniors from their loved ones, 6914–6915
What is the Premier's plan to build and staff the additional necessary long-term care beds, 5837
Why aren't alternate levels of care patients being moved back to the old Western Memorial hospital where they were being looked after prior to the move, 5838
Why aren't personal care home inspection reports made public, 6984
Why are there 40 cottages at Lions Manor Nursing Home in need of repair and refurbishment, 6916
Why did it take seven years to get this review done, 7466
Why doesn't Premier use the old Western Memorial Hospital to accommodate people, 5097
Why does Premier not move alternate levels of care back to the old Western Memorial and staff it there, 5837
Why has government not released an implementation plan and when will we see it, 7467
Why has the government not provided proper oversight for families and seniors for the last decade, 6983
Why is the government not using closed beds at Lions Manor Nursing Home in Placentia to provide care for people, 6915
Why is the government saying that this is a communications issue, 6983
Why wasn't planning done to make the long-term care facility big enough in Corner Brook, 5097
Why were only 102 beds built for the new long-term care facility, 5837
Will Premier cancel decision to convert single-occupancy rooms in long-term care homes to double-occupancy, 5134
Will Premier make public the review of province's personal care homes and long term care homes, 5836
Will the Premier commit to following the Seniors' Advocates advice to raise the Comfort Allowance and to index it to inflation, 7468
Will you commit to keeping the House open and, next week, introduce the legislation that's recommended by the Seniors' Advocate, 7467
Will you ensure that any changes you make that you'll work with the personal care homes to make sure they are able to provide the best care for our province's seniors, 7469

Medical Transportation Assistance Program (MTAP)

Does Premier agree that the program should be funded 100 per cent and covered for the people of the province, 4364
Will Premier commit to 100 per cent reimbursement for medical transportation for seniors, 3325

Mental health

Can those who rely on mental health and addiction services expect to see locked emergency rooms this Christmas season, 3393
Does Premier think that government is doing enough to address the situation, 4287
Have positions for the Mobile Crisis Response Teams been advertised and do we have start dates for these additional staff, 4289–4290
How can Premier address the overdose situation in the province if he does not even know the scale of it, 4287
How many people have died because of overdose in our province in 2023, 4286
How many staff have been recruited for the Mobile Crisis Response Teams and when might they actually be up and running, 4289
How much of the $15 million allocated in the budget is being spent in Labrador, 4288
Is mental health unit in Labrador currently up and running and accepting patients right now, 4288
Last year the government announced Mobile Crisis Response Teams for Burin, Clarenville and Conception Bay North areas, why have they not been fulfilled, 7169, 7170
When will we see mental health and addictions services fully staffed in our province, 3392
Why has government ignored those seeking answers regarding addiction treatment options for their children, 4288
Will communities have crisis teams in place before the end of the year, 4289

MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

How many people are on the waiting list for an MRI today, 5095
What does Minister say to the mother who is awaiting an MRI, 3513
Why are we only hearing about improvements in metro area wait times for MRIs; where are the stats on for the rest of the province, 6981–6982

Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services (NLHS)

Can the Minister table a list of the front-line programs and services that have been cut to meet this savings target, 6729
Can the Premier give a detailed listing of what has actually been saved and where it has been saved, 6783
Did Minister of Finance know that Minister of Health signed off and approved the increased lines of credit, 3639
How many jobs are on the chopping block and will not be reposted or will not be filled because of the $50 million reduction in the budget, 6730–6731
How many jobs have been cut as a direct result of this $50 million reduction in the budget, 6730
How many vacancies still exist within the health care system in the province, 6730
When did government send order to cut $50 million from the NL health care budget, 6729
Why did the Premier order $50 million cut from the Health budget, 6783
Why wasn't the 459% increase in lines of credit addressed in provincial borrowing, 3639
Will Premier commit to having the Chief Executive Officer of the Health Services board attend the Estimates Committee Friday morning, 3909

Nurse practitioners

Doesn't Premier think that a half million dollars to the people who are paying to see a nurse practitioner would be money well spent, 4635
Does Premier think it acceptable for people to have to pay to see a nurse practitioner, 5094–5095
Do you have any idea of how many people are paying out of pocket to see a nurse practitioner in this province, 7425
Has Premier spoken to his caucus about the disparaging remarks made towards nurse practitioners and will the Member responsible stand and apologize, 5460–5461
How many nurse practitioners are currently working at that site, 3032
When will the people of the province be reimbursed for paying out of pocket to see a nurse practitioner, 7425
Why are seniors and others being forced to pay up to $65 to see a nurse practitioner because they cannot see any other family care provider, 2821
Why are seniors and people on low income being forced to pay out of pocket to see a nurse practitioner, 5750
Why wait until April 1, 2026, to allow people to see a nurse practitioner without having to pay, 6685
Will government cover costs of nurse practitioner visits, 6684
Will Minister implement the recommendation that the cost of medicals be eliminated and covered by Medical Care Plan (MCP), 840
Will Premier allow nurse practitioners to be reimbursed for all of the patients they are helping in Newfoundland and Labrador, 5839

Nurses

Can Premier confirm that Canadian Health Labs actually received the full amount in excess of $100 million, 3907
Can Premier confirm that nursing students have to fly to St. John's to get the practical experience they need in a hospital environment on their own dime, 3997
Can Premier provide the House with the Comptroller General's report on investigation into the travel nurses scandal, 3908
Can Premier tell the House which companies were paid an additional $40 million for travel nurses, 3907
Can Premier tell the House which company was hired to do the vaccination clinics for the Confederation Building, 3907
Can the Comptroller General's investigation be provided to the House now, 3908
Did Minister sign off on this contract for travel nurses, 3448
Did Premier, his Ministers or any of his staff meet with the Chief Executive Officers of the Canadian Health Labs, prior to the contract being signed, 3660
Did Premier authorize the signing of the contract that gives away air fryers and travel bonuses, 3445
Has Premier directed Minister to write Canadian Health Labs and ask for the $1.6 million back that was paid out for services that were never provided, 3661
Have these nursing students been offered full-time jobs, 3998, 3999
How is it possible that nursing students are being asked to pay their own way from Labrador to come to St. John's and get the practical experience they need, 3997–3998
Is Premier alluding that the health authority undertook and signed the contract without any approval from his office or the Minister's office, 3446–3447
Is Premier aware of an instance where a travel nurse's family was flown into the province for Christmas and provided with a rental vehicle, 3660–3661
Is Premier trying to convince the House that the health authority turned around and entered into a contract for $36 million without the consent of government, 3446
Removal of nurse from Black Tickle, 736, 737
Was Premier aware that his senior staff were communicating directly with Canadian Health Labs, 3660
When did Minister first hear of the offer from Canadian Health Labs to provide travel nurses to this province, 3659
When did Premier's office authorize the sole contract for travel nurses to the Canadian Health Labs company, 3445
When was Premier aware of the $1.6 million being paid out to Canadian Health Labs which was never given to the travel nurses themselves, 3511–3512
When was Premier aware that his senior staff were communicating directly with Canadian Health Labs, 3511
When was Premier made aware that the $1.6 million was never paid out to the nurses that we had under contract, 3661
Who authorized the travel nurse contract, 3447
Why are chemotherapy nurses in rural Newfoundland and Labrador paid less than those in St. John's, 3906
Why did Premier use a private company to do the vaccination clinics for the Confederation Building, 3908
Why doesn't the Premier bring in the Auditor General, in regards to travel nurses, 3638
Why is government discrimination against rural Newfoundland and Labrador nurses, 3906–3907
Why is Liberal government cutting nursing instructors, 3997
Why is Minister covering up concerning the travel nurses, and why not call in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Auditor General to ensure we get to the bottom of this, 3512
Why is Premier making cuts to nursing education, 3996
Why is there a decision note signed by the Minister authorizing Western Health to extend arrangement with Canadian Health Labs, 3511
Will Minister call in the Auditor General over the travel nurse meal allowances, 3447–3448
Will nursing students be reimbursed for the cost of traveling to St.John's for training, 3999

Rehabilitation

When can woman in St. Anthony expect to get the treatment she deserves, 5230
Why are patients in rural Newfoundland and Labrador being denied rehabilitation, 5264
Why are we continuing to fail senior and not giving this woman a chance, 5631
Why is mother who suffered a stroke being denied rehabilitation, 5264
Why is rehab in rural Newfoundland and Labrador being denied, 5265
Why should a woman wait ten months for rehab, 5265
Will someone ensure that this woman gets the rehabilitation and care she needs, 5631

Teladoc Health

Based on local physician's comments and the number of patient visits, how much is each visit costing, 5749
Can Minister confirm that Teladoc costs $579 per visit when local doctors receive less than $50 per visit, 5839
Can Premier confirm the actual cost for Teladoc and how long the contract is in place, 5748
Is it true that Teledoc costs about $579 per visit when local doctors receive less than $50 per visit, 5838
Why does Teladoc come ahead of supporting the nurse practitioners on the ground, 5750

Vaccines

Does the Minister support the policy that all shingles vaccinations should be free for everyone 50 and older, 7031
When will the shingles vaccine be free for all seniors over the age of 50, 7215
Why did it take a Liberal leadership change to change your mind on the vaccines for shingles and will you provide full coverage in this budget, 7212–7213
Will you honour your commitment, amend your budget and pay for the shingles vaccine for seniors, 7213, 7214

Virtual care

How could it happen that the Medical Association has been left in the dark when it comes to the new virtual contract awarded to an American company, 3245
What's being done to ensure that physicians won't leave their practices because of all of the paperwork that they have to do, 3245–3246
Who will do the follow-up with patients for things like cancerous tumours, 3246
Why would government allow the set up of another two-tiered system, 3245
Will doctors providing virtual care under the new contract be paid the same rates as other doctors in our public system, 3031–3032

House of Assembly

Office of the Seniors' Advocate

Does the expansion in this year's budget include the Seniors' Advocate recommendation to expand and fund the Home Modification Program, 7171
When will Seniors' Advocate recommendation to offer the shingles vaccine free of charge to low-income seniors be implemented, 5691–5692
Why haven't the recommendation been done to make it easier for seniors to stay in their own homes, 7171
Will Premier commit to implementing the 12 recommendations made by the Seniors' Advocate, 3394
Will Premier follow Seniors' Advocate's recommendations to help those faced with huge increases in rent at personal care homes, 2715
Will Premier take one of the recommendations of the Seniors' Advocate and index the Seniors' Benefit plan, 3324
Will the government implement all six recommendations made by the Seniors' Advocate today, 7170

Housing

Are all costs included in the $13 million-budgeted amount, 4934
Are we building 850 new affordable homes or 850 new housing options, 3247
Aside from giving Liberal friends a blank cheque, what is the plan for use of the hotel, 4245
Can government confirm whether we are actually building 850 new affordable homes or 850 new housing options, 3246–3247
Can government provide the cost-benefit analysis that was done when the sole-source Liberal contract was entered into with the Liberal fundraising partner, 4203
Can Minister confirm cost of $130,000 per room at the Comfort Inn, 5058
Can Minister confirm that there is $6 million being allocated for operating expenses, 5057
Can Minister provide a specific date that the hotel has targeted for full occupancy, 5059
Can Minister provide the total amount that has been spent to date on temporary accommodations, 5060–5061
Can Minister table the exact locations and occupancy dates of the 965 new homes built since 2021, 6843
Can Premier confirm that there have only been 11 new homes built, 2717
Can Premier tell people why he and two Ministers talked about 750 new homes, 2716
Did Deputy Premier misspeak in a scripted video, 2748
Did government actually review the proposal against other options to ensure that they were getting the best value for the taxpayers' money, 4243
Did lease agreement for the Comfort Inn also begin with a call to the Premier's office, 5302
Did officials inspect the shelter before sending people from Tent City into that space, 2979
Does government have any idea how many rooms we are getting and what the total cost is, 4244–4245
Does Minister believe that the situation with the Airport Inn contract is good value for the money, 4201
Do we have any idea what this is costing the taxpayers of the province, 4245–4246
Given that housing starts were down 34 per cent over last year, why is government projecting to build less than 10 per cent, 3200
Given that The Telegram reported about a Tent City in Pippy Park 16 months ago, what's taking so long for the housing crisis to be addressed, 2565
How can Premier defend denying individuals and families a roof over their heads, 2566
How did it happen that people were sent to a shelter with no oven and water that does not work right, 2979
How did it happen that there are 2,800 people on the wait-list, 2747–2748
How does government know that this option was the best, and where is the cost-benefit analysis, 4204
How many decades will it take this Liberal government to find homes for the 2,800 people on the wait-list, 2717
How many of the 850 homes are actually built and occupied, 3248
How much did government spend for other temporary accommodation from January to March of this year and how many people are actually being housed in such temporary accommodations, 4932–4932
How much is being paid for security at Airport Inn on a monthly basis, 4201
How much longer will it take to get the Gander housing shelter on the go, 4478
If Premier knew he had made a mistake, why were his claims repeated for another three weeks, 2748
Is $6 million going to pay the operating costs for the Comfort Inn, 5058
Is government negotiating the possibility of an extension to the contract beyond 3 years or purchasing the facility outright, 4932
Is it still the case that clients will be identified through an intake process, 4243
Is the housing advocate or the Minister correct about the possibility to have predicted this crisis, 2749
Is the Minister saying that the victims of crime are making up the stories, 6913, 6914
Is the Seniors' Advocate recommendation to establish a low-interest loan program to make small preventative home modifications more accessible included in the '24-'25 budget, 7172
Leasing of hotel called Comfort Inn in St. John's at $21 million for three years with no tender is not defendable, 6534–6535
The minister of Housing says there isn't a problem of criminal activity while the Minister of Justice confirm there is, which is correct, 6914
Was Minister misinformed or misinforming the people about 750 homes being constructed, 2717
Was Minister misinformed or was he misinforming the people of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2716
Was Premier misinformed or was he misinforming the people of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2716
We've heard that there are negotiations ongoing to extend the Comfort Inn contract, is this true, 7215
What additional operational costs are there, 4202
What assurances can Minister give to people in the region that facility is secure, 4932
What do you say to the people of this once peaceful community—106 Airport Road, 6844
What is now the total expected cost for hotel at Airport Road over the course of the next three years, 4932
What will be the full capacity of the hotel at Airport Road, and when will capacity be reached, 4930
What will province be doing for the homeless who do not meet the restrictive terms of admission to the Airport Road hotel, and where will they be housed, 4934
What will the monthly restaurant tab be at Airport Inn, 4202
When are we targeting full occupancy for the Comfort Inn, 5059
When does government hope to achieve having 100 people staying at the hotel, 4932
When will full occupancy for the Comfort Inn occur, 5060
When will hotel be targeted for full occupancy, 5060
When will hotel housing open, 4246
When will housing shelter building in Gander be opened, 4478
When will people move into the hotel, 4244
When will the safety of the neighbourhood surrounding 106 Airport Road be ensured, 6844
When will vacant housing units in need of repair be fixed and ready for habitation, 6842
Who in government did hotel owners communicate with, 4242
Why are Premier and Minister hiding from media on this important issue, 2980
Why did Deputy Premier, on at least three occasions, tell the province that government had built 750 homes when they knew that was not correct, 2820
Why did Deputy Premier set the example for deception, 2749
Why did it take so long for a Liberal government to implement a housing plan, 3201
Why did Premier tell people of the province that government had built 750 homes when that was not correct, 2819
Why did the Minister tell the people of the province that government had built 750 homes when he knew that was not correct, 2820
Why does government continue to pass over government cheques to their Liberal friends versus keys to the people for their new homes, 6782
Why does it take a crisis to get government to respond to the housing crisis, 2565
Why do the Liberal owners of the accommodations get better treatment than low-income recipients and our seniors, 4203
Why has it taken so long for government to keep its promise to fix the housing crisis, 2520
Why has the Housing budget for '24-'25 been reduced by $23 million, 7171–7172
Why is government dragging its heels on resources for the housing shelter in Gander, 4477
Will Deputy Premier stand up and say that they made a mistake, 2749
Will facility be accepting people from across the province and if so, will their costs be covered, 4932
Will hotel be used for housing individuals who have demonstrated the ability to live independently and new Canadians who are moving to the province and need temporary housing, 4244
Will Minister table a full list of the 850 new homes, and where they are to be built in the province, 3247
Will Premier provide House with how they arrived at the budget for Comfort Inn and provide the details of the $6 million, 5058
Will Premier show leadership and replace the Minister of Housing immediately, 2979
Will the Comfort Inn be a place for recovering users to seek shelter away from drugs, 4290

Immigration, Population Growth and Skills

Barrow AFC

Did website traffic actually go down relative to the week before the big game, showing how ineffective the jersey ads really were, 5459
Even after an $8-million dollar contact to m5 Advertising, how did government get it so wrong, 5458–5459
When will government stop misleading the people of Newfoundland and Labrador and tell us the facts, 5459, 5460

Industry, Energy and Technology

Electricity

Will the government write to the Public Utilities Board to investigate high power bills being reported, 6685

Energy needs

Is Premier saying he has a framework for a 2041 deal and he knows what's in it and what's not in it, 4532
Will Premier explain to the people of Newfoundland and Labrador what he meant when he said they were quasi-educated in their opinions about 2041, 4531–4532

Upper Churchill

Will government commit that any deal will be fully debated in the House before ratification, 3100
Will government commit that any deal will be referred to an independent panel of experts for robust review, assessment and analysis as recommended by Justice LeBlanc, 3101
Will Premier assure the House of Assembly that before any deal gets signed, people will get to judge for themselves by open public debate, debate in the House, and by bringing in an independent group of experts to review any deal before it's signed, 4533

Wind energy

What community benefits have been negotiated with the regions impacted by wind turbine projects, 3852
What frameworks have been developed to ensure communities receive maximum local benefits for employment and financial considerations, 3852
Will government make sure that benefits agreements are in place with local communities impacted by developments, 3853

Justice and Public Safety

Child physical abuse

Can Minister commit to legislation on having debate on the statute of limitations in the House of Assembly, 4566
Will Deputy Premier commit to keeping Limitations Act open to introduce and pass changes, 4564
Will Deputy Premier ensure that the Limitations Act is passed in this sitting of the House of Assembly, 4564
Will legislation on the statute of limitations be passed in the House, 4566

Corrections

In 2021 it was said the penitentiary was going to be complete by 2025, what happened, 7615

Crime

What can the Minister offer besides future budget promises, 7168–7169
Why did the government disband the joint task force focused on organized crime and drug trafficking in 2018, 7169

Firefighters

Are volunteer firefighters now the first responders in the new provincial ambulance program and will they be funded, 7081
Volunteer fire departments are making sure that the patients are looked after, who's looking after them, 7082
We're hearing that volunteer fire departments are experiencing a significant increase in the number of medical calls that they respond to, who's footing the bill, 7081–7082

Missing trucker

Can Minister provide a timeline as to when the family might get some answers, 4564
Has Deputy Premier reached out to counterpart in Ontario to ensure that family and friends of Brian Lush get the answers they are looking for, 2562

Policing

How many police officers are in our province working currently compared to last year, 7030
How much more are the taxpayers paying for extra RNC patrols and specialized mobile resources for the area surrounding 106 Airport Road, 6845, 6846
Is the late arrival of police at recent crime scene a result of the Liberal government's failure to properly staff our police force, 5987
Why has government allowed public safety to turn into a crisis, 5989

Sexual abuse investigations

How did abuse by Tony Humby happen in the care of the province for so long, 5629
Why was Tony Humby repeatedly investigated over the years but never charged, 5628–5629
Will Premier do the right thing and call an inquiry into the alleged horrible abuse by Tony Humby and Bruce Escott, 5628

Labour

Job-protected leave

Will Premier accept the recommendation of the Canadian Cancer Society and implement job protection for anyone suffering from a serious illness, 4363
Will Premier extend unpaid job protection to those with serious illnesses from the current seven days to 26 weeks, 4362

Office of the Premier

Will Premier table the receipts for his fishing trip with John Risley, 839

Persons with disabilities

Given the announcement of the federal disability benefit, will those who receive provincial support continue to do so, 4690
How can most people afford the expense of a cochlear implant, 4689–4690
Is Premier aware of what the rate of poverty is across Canada for those living alone with a disability, 4687
Why are the extreme costs for maintenance of cochlear implants not covered in this province, 4689
Why is there nothing in the poverty reduction strategy to target this vulnerable group, 4687
Will government put money in the budget to ensure that employment programs continue, 4688
Will Minister ensure the people who depend on the employment programs that government will be there for them, 4688
Will Premier commit to funding the employment program to keep these people employed, 4687
Will you bring legislation in this session to create an advocate for persons with disabilities now, 7614–7615

Public Procurement Agency

Will the Minister bring legislation in this session of the House to include preferential consideration for local companies, 7033

Seniors

After almost a decade, why are seniors still waiting for a poverty reduction strategy, 3323
After eight years, why are seniors still waiting for services, 3393
Can Premier guarantee that the financial assessments of seniors facing cost increases will be completed within 30 days, 2715
Does Minister think the introduction of a sugar tax and an increase in carbon tax will make life more affordable for seniors, 96
Does Premier consider helping seniors by indexing their benefits to be redundant and unnecessary, 3393–3394
Does Premier know the percentage of seniors who went without food or did not purchase the food to meet their dietary requirements, 3030
Does Premier recall the percentage of seniors who could not afford their medication, 3029
Does Premier recall the percentage of seniors who did not purchase medical devices because of lack of money, 3029
How much more data does Premier need to provide for seniors who are struggling, 3323
Why has government refused help from seniors on any new seniors' poverty reduction program, 3394–3395
Why has the Minister failed to implement recommendation to ensure that food banks can provide food delivery in circumstances that they assess as necessary, 5690–5691
Why is Liberal government forcing seniors out of retirement, 2936
Why is Premier keeping seniors in poverty and why will he not introduce a poverty reduction strategy, 3324
Will Liberal government immediately raise the Seniors' Benefit and then index it to inflation, 5690
Will Premier commit to 100 per cent reimbursement for medical transportation for seniors, 3325
Will Premier index the Seniors' Benefit to inflation, 2670

Transportation and Infrastructure

Air access

Is it correct that a contract has been awarded for eight years, with two six-year extensions, for the hangar at the St. John's airport to a company headquartered outside of the province, for one dollar, 4480

Ferries

Given that Change Islands' current ferry will be replaced by a much smaller vessel, why does government continue to punish residents of Newfoundland and Labrador, 4989
What consultation did Minister have with people of Fogo Island and Change Islands, 4991
What is going to be done to address the impact of the ferry situation on the Fogo Island Co-operative, 4990
What is the plan, now that the Veteran is out of service, 4989
Why is government downgrading service at a critical time in the fishing industry, 4991
Why is Premier jeopardizing the largest employer on Fogo Island, 4990
Will the Liberals ask the federal transport minister for relief on Marine Atlantic rates to help reduce the cost of food and medication coming into this province, 6684

Procurement strategies

Does the minister intend to award the RFP for an aircraft to the sole bidder, an American company, 7032

Travel expenses

Doesn't Premier think that the $24,000 plus spent on travel would have helped the people of St. George, 4634
How does Premier justify a 111 per cent increase when so many people in Newfoundland and Labrador are struggling to make ends meet, 4635
Since taking office in August of 2020, how much money has the Office of the Premier spent on travel, 4634

Violence

Will Premier admit that the revolving door justice system is not addressing youth violence, 5989

Order of Newfoundland and Labrador

Recognizing eight outstanding and inspiring individuals, 5093

Persons with disabilities

Given the announcement of the federal disability benefit, will those who receive provincial support continue to do so, 4690
House calls on government to immediately create a dedicated advocate for persons with disabilities, who, as a stand-alone statutory Officer of the hon. House, will investigate and make recommendations based on the principle of “nothing about us without us”

Debate, 7588–7590

How can most people afford the expense of a cochlear implant, 4689–4690
Is Premier aware of what the rate of poverty is across Canada for those living alone with a disability, 4687
Why are the extreme costs for maintenance of cochlear implants not covered in this province, 4689
Why is there nothing in the poverty reduction strategy to target this vulnerable group, 4687
Will government put money in the budget to ensure that employment programs continue, 4688
Will Minister ensure the people who depend on the employment programs that government will be there for them, 4688
Will Premier commit to funding the employment program to keep these people employed, 4687
Will you bring legislation in this session to create an advocate for persons with disabilities now, 7614–7615

Petitions

Education

Schools

Urging government to reclassify French immersion at Stephenville Primary School from an optional program to a core program, 2350–2351

Finance

Sugar tax

Urging government to cancel the sugar-sweetened beverage tax at the earliest opportunity, 48–49, 254, 909–910, 1111, 2013, 2090–2091, 2494

Health care

Long-term care

Urging government to announce a feasibility study to look at the potential to build a new long-term care facility in the Bay St. George region, 1049
Urging government to consider the replacement and construction of a new long-term care facility for the residents of Bay St. George, 1198–1199

Industry, Energy and Technology

Wind energy

Urging government to not approve wind farm project on the Port au Port Peninsula as the potential negative impacts outweigh any of the positives outlined in proposal, 791–792
Urging government to request a public hearing as written in the Environmental Protection Act, 3405

Transportation and Infrastructure

Highways/roads

Urging government to pave Wheeler's Road to ensure the safety of its residents and ATV users, 1468–1469, 1608, 1876–1877, 1970–1971, 2157

Point of Privilege

Damaging a Member's reputation and provision of misleading information, 1390

Port au Port

Sports/recreation

Ball hockey—2022 World Ball Hockey champion—Cooze, Kristen, 574

Provincial Health Authority Act (Bill 20)

Second reading, 721–725
Committee, 887(22)–887(24), 887(70)–887(72), 914–916

Public Procurement Agency

Will the Minister bring legislation in this session of the House to include preferential consideration for local companies, 7033

Public Service

Graduate Recruitment Program

Welcoming new recruits, 3720

Remembrance Day

Premier reflects on Remembrance Day and Newfoundland and Labrador's contributions in World War I, 5262–5263

Resolution, Government

Environment and Climate Change

Climate Change

Urging Government of Canada to immediately repeal the carbon tax and the Clean Fuel Regulations

Debate, 2692–2694

House of Assembly

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

Appointment of Kerry Hatfield

Debate, 5880–5892

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

Extraordinary Debate Pursuant to SO 8(7)

Memorandum of Understanding Between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec

House of Assembly to support Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro proceeding with the Memorandum of Understanding toward the definitive agreements, as defined in the Memorandum of Understanding

Debate, 6066–6068, 6069, 6070, 6071, 6072, 6073–6075, 6076, 6077, 6078, 6079, 6080, 6081–6082, 6099, 6100, 6101, 6102, 6103, 6104, 6184–6185, 6186, 6187–6188, 6189, 6190, 6206–6207, 6208, 6209–6210, 6211–6212, 6224–6226, 6292–6293, 6295, 6296–6297, 6298–6299, 6314–6315, 6316, 6369, 6370, 6371, 6373, 6374, 6375, 6406–6407, 6408, 6409, 6410, 6507–6512

Ocean Ranger

House to call on government to work with the Government of Canada to repatriate artifacts and records from the Ocean Ranger to St. John's for a permanent exhibit

Debate, 5657–5658

Resolution, Private Member's

Cost of living

Taxes and fees

Urging government to order a complete review of all taxes and fees, cutting or adjusting those that are hurting people; lead the charge to end the carbon tax for good; eliminate the sugar tax; continue the provincial gas tax relief, order a complete review of the Income Support Program and an evaluation of all programs and services intended to support vulnerable populations to ensure they deliver; index the Seniors' Benefit programs to inflation; and deliver a new poverty reduction strategy

Notice of motion, 3257
Moved, 3337–3339
Debate, 3364–3366

Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

Crown Lands

Urging government to move expeditiously to bring forward legislative amendments to ensure fair reconciliation of existing claims for people seeking title to the land they have occupied in good faith for generations and which is recognized within their communities; and to take steps in the interim to address Crown Lands' actions against occupied properties in the province—2023

Debate, 1984–1986

Urging government to move expeditiously to bring forward legislative amendments to ensure fair reconciliation of existing claims for people seeking title to the land they have occupied in good faith for generations and which is recognized within their communities; and to take steps in the interim to address Crown Lands' actions against occupied properties in the province—2024

Debate, 5030–5033

Fisheries

Urging Premier and Minister of Fisheries to immediately take a hands-on role at the table with representatives of our fishery workers and fish processors to help find a swift and effective resolution to the current impasse, as well as long-term solutions that make future impasses less likely and help place our fishing industry on a more stable and steady footing

Notice of motion, 3669
Moved, 3794–3796
Debate, 3821–3822

Health care

Mental health

Urging government to expedite the work of the All-Party Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Addictions and fully include people with lived experience, relevant government departments, professionals in health care, policing, justice, education and social work, community groups, Indigenous communities, faith groups and others who can provide insight to help address the wide array of challenges more effectively so everyone in need has somewhere to turn right away

Debate, 4719–4720

Vaccines

Urging the government to provide the shingles vaccine free of charge to seniors and individuals living with compromised immune systems

Notice of motion, 6795
Moved, 6927–6929
Debate, 6951–6953

Housing

Social housing

Urging government to immediately take steps to reduce the lack of social housing in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador

Debate, 3236–3237

Justice and Public Safety

Firefighters

Urging government to explore innovative solutions and best practices that will further support our volunteer firefighters

Debate, 1224–1225

Memorial University of Newfoundland

"Ode to Labrador"; "Ode to Newfoundland"

Urging government to bring forward legislation to require the "Ode to Newfoundland" and the "Ode to Labrador" to be sung at graduation ceremonies at Memorial University's convocation

Debate, 2462–2464

Persons with disabilities

Advocate

House calls on government to immediately create a dedicated advocate for persons with disabilities, who, as a stand-alone statutory Officer of the hon. House, will investigate and make recommendations based on the principle of “nothing about us without us”

Debate, 7588–7590

Seniors

Seniors' Benefit

Urging government to increase the Newfoundland and Labrador Seniors' Benefit by 20 per cent, for a maximum of $1,819, effective January 2025 and further commit to annual increases indexed to inflation

Notice of motion, 5761, 5768
Moved, 6001–6004
Debate, 6026–6028

Revenue Administration Act (Amdt.) and Income Tax Act, 2000 (Amdt.) (Bill 38)

Second reading, 1859(17)–1859(21)

Revenue Administration Act (Amdt.) (Bill 6)

Second reading, 215–217

Revenue Administration Act (Amdt.) No. 2 (Bill 16)

Second reading, 204

Revenue Administration Act (Amdt.) No. 3 (Bill 27)

Second reading, 1162–1165

Revenue Administration Act (Amdt.) No. 4 (Bill 36)

Second reading, 3563–3564

Revenue Administration Act (Amdt.) No. 6 (Bill 100)

Committee, 6556–6557, 6558, 6559

Revenue Administration Act (Amdt.) No. 7 (Bill 106)

Committee, 6826–6828

Schools Act, 1997 (Amdt.) No. 2 (Bill 43)

Committee, 2899–2900

Seniors

After almost a decade, why are seniors still waiting for a poverty reduction strategy, 3323
After eight years, why are seniors still waiting for services, 3393
Can Premier guarantee that the financial assessments of seniors facing cost increases will be completed within 30 days, 2715
Does Premier consider helping seniors by indexing their benefits to be redundant and unnecessary, 3393–3394
Does Premier know the percentage of seniors who went without food or did not purchase the food to meet their dietary requirements, 3030
Does Premier recall the percentage of seniors who could not afford their medication, 3029
Does Premier recall the percentage of seniors who did not purchase medical devices because of lack of money, 3029
How much more data does Premier need to provide for seniors who are struggling, 3323
Urging government to increase the Newfoundland and Labrador Seniors' Benefit by 20 per cent, for a maximum of $1,819, effective January 2025 and further commit to annual increases indexed to inflation

Notice of motion, 5761, 5768
Moved, 6001–6004
Debate, 6026–6028

Why has government refused help from seniors on any new seniors' poverty reduction program, 3394–3395
Why has the Minister failed to implement recommendation to ensure that food banks can provide food delivery in circumstances that they assess as necessary, 5690–5691
Why is Liberal government forcing seniors out of retirement, 2936
Why is Premier keeping seniors in poverty and why will he not introduce a poverty reduction strategy, 3324
Will Liberal government immediately raise the Seniors' Benefit and then index it to inflation, 5690
Will Premier commit to 100 per cent reimbursement for medical transportation for seniors, 3325
Will Premier index the Seniors' Benefit to inflation, 2670

Standing Orders

SO 36

Matters of urgent public importance

Adjournment of House to address housing emergency

Debate, 2583–2584

Stephenville

Arts

Acknowledging award-winning, 14-year-old singer—David Walsh, 6978

Stephenville Crossing

Arts

Preserving and passing on traditional music—Mercer, Jim, 3027

Volunteers

Revitalization of Cancer Care Garden of Hope—Keats, Rosie and Dave Kane, 2665

Stephenville - Port au Port (District)

Clubs/organizations

Bay St. George Kinsmen Club—Thanking them for their dedication in serving the community's greatest needs, 4630
Caribou Curling Club—50th Anniversary, 3775–3776
Community Cafe—Gathering place for nutritious meals prepared by local service organizations, 4043
Guardian Angels for Stephenville Seniors—Commending Tracy Boland and the work of the group, 4283

Miscellaneous

Acknowledging Don Russell's work running the Addictions Recovery Drop-In Centre, 2745

Municipalities

Community project raising boiler chickens—Campbell's Creek, 5259–5260
Our Lady of Mercy Church—Urging people to vote in the Next Great Save competition, 4528–2528

Sports/recreation

Special Olympics

Male and female Athlete of the Year—Walsh, Samantha and Michael Budden, 3389

Swimming

Acknowledging Katarina Roxon's many accomplishments, 5685–5686

Tributes

Chipp, Darrell, 4927–4928

Volunteers

Acknowledging work of Frequent Flyers to give back to Bay St. George Sick Children's Foundation, 1229–1230

Supplementary Supply Act, 2022-2023 (Bill 2)

Committee, 63–66

Supplementary Supply Act, 2022-2023 No. 2 (Bill 25)

Committee, 1292(22)–1292(24)

Tabled Documents

Budget

Document referring to 2016 budget and cuts to health care, 3334

Health care

Decision/Direction Note from Department of Health and Community Services - December 2022, 3520
Letter to Central Health Board Chair Dated April 22, 2022, 3520
NL Health Services Memo re: Travel for Employer Business, 6739

Housing

Correspondence sent to the Member of Stephenville - Port au Port regarding use of hotels for emergency shelters for the homeless, 1743

Transportation and Infrastructure

Air access

Is it correct that a contract has been awarded for eight years, with two six-year extensions, for the hangar at the St. John's airport to a company headquartered outside of the province, for one dollar, 4480

Ferries

Given that Change Islands' current ferry will be replaced by a much smaller vessel, why does government continue to punish residents of Newfoundland and Labrador, 4989
What consultation did Minister have with people of Fogo Island and Change Islands, 4991
What is going to be done to address the impact of the ferry situation on the Fogo Island Co-operative, 4990
What is the plan, now that the Veteran is out of service, 4989
Why is government downgrading service at a critical time in the fishing industry, 4991
Why is Premier jeopardizing the largest employer on Fogo Island, 4990
Will the Liberals ask the federal transport minister for relief on Marine Atlantic rates to help reduce the cost of food and medication coming into this province, 6684

Highways/roads

Minister highlights employees who attended accident scene, 2431
Urging government to pave Wheeler's Road to ensure the safety of its residents and ATV users, 1468–1469, 1608, 1876–1877, 1970–1971, 2157

Procurement strategies

Does the minister intend to award the RFP for an aircraft to the sole bidder, an American company, 7032

Travel expenses

Doesn't Premier think that the $24,000 plus spent on travel would have helped the people of St. George, 4634
How does Premier justify a 111 per cent increase when so many people in Newfoundland and Labrador are struggling to make ends meet, 4635
Since taking office in August of 2020, how much money has the Office of the Premier spent on travel, 4634

Tributes

Bragg, Derrick, 3439
Cole, Bob, 4284–4285
Williams, Albert, 5746

Violence

Concerns of hotel worker where hotel acts as emergency shelter, 1662
Will Premier admit that the revolving door justice system is not addressing youth violence, 5989

World War I

Premier commemorates First World War sacrifices with expanded Trail of the Caribou pilgrimage Student Ambassador Program, 5053–5054

WALL, JOEDY (PC) (CAPE ST. FRANCIS)

Animal Health and Protection Act (Amdt.) (Bill 65)

Committee, 5182, 5183

Bauline

Clubs/organizations

Bauline Community Committee—Congratulating volunteers for their contributions, 4630

Budget 2023

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Non-confidence motion

Debate, 1793(29)–1793(33), 1882–1887
Sub-amendment

Debate, 1640–1645

Budget 2024

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Debate, 3957–3961
Non-confidence motion

Debate, 4070–4075
Sub-amendment

Debate, 4163–4167

Estimates

Supply Committee

Executive Council

Office of the Chief Information Officer, 4237(60), 4237(61), 4237(62), 4237(63), 4237(65)–4237(66), 4237(67), 4237(68)

Budget 2025

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Debate, 7067–7071
Non-confidence motion

Debate, 7462(31)–7462(36)
Sub-amendment

Debate, 7400–7405

Estimates

Social Services Committee

Concurrence motion, 7274–7277

Buildings Accessibility Act (Amdt.) (Bill 52)

Committee, 3069, 3077–3078, 3079, 3080, 3081, 3082, 3084–3085, 3086

Cape St. Francis (District)

Arts

Rocky Isle Singers—Preserving cultural heritage and committed to community, 5624–5625

Awards, miscellaneous

Presentation of 75th Anniversary of Confederation Medal to 17 residents, 5984

Clubs/organizations

Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove Development Association—Congratulating group and thanking them for continued commitment, 5359–5360

Sports/recreation

Canada Winter Games

Acknowledging 17 athletes, coaches and staff from district who competed, 1031–1032

Premier's Athletic Awards of Excellence

Congratulating 10 outstanding athletes

., 2562

Congratulating 13 athletes from the district, 5091

Wexford Estates Outer Cove Marines—Recognizing the return of one of the original teams involved in the Avalon East Senior Hockey League, 1392–1393

Tributes

Galway, Madonna—recognition of years of service, commitment and engagement to the community, 7026

Volunteers

Acknowledging helpers to Santa and Mrs. Claus—O'Toole, Bill and Sharon—Bauline, 3653
Volunteer firefighter—Induction into World Firefighter Hall of Fame—Hickey, Jack, 3440–3441

Confederation 75th Anniversary Recognition Act (Bill 67)

Second reading, 3696–3697
Committee, 3705, 3706–3708

Digital Government and Service NL

OCIO

Can Minister explain how department has allocated $11 million with no identified projects, 4251
Can Minister provide an explanation of the unrelated projects and salary saving in the estimates, 4251
What is the budget amount department actually spends on cybersecurity purposes for government, 4251

Ride-sharing service

How can Minister allow an owner not to be subject to background checks, 3666
How was Redsea Riding's application approved so quickly, 3666

Weigh scales

Does Minister really believe that it is safe that 98 per cent of transport trucks will no longer have to be stopped to be safely inspected or weighed, 3401
Is Minister worried that the safety of our roadways will be compromised, 3400–3401

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

Acknowlegement of, 3392

Education

Budget 2024

Comments in debate, 4163–4166

Public libraries

Acknowledging commitment of library staff and volunteer board members, 6778–6779

Research Inspired Student Enrichment Awards (RISE Awards)

2025—celebrating award winners, 7080–7081

School safety

Comments in Budget 2024 debate, 4163, 4164

Teachers

Comments on fractional units, 1642

Employment

Supporting skills training for women in the workplace, 357

Essential Ambulance Services Act (Bill 24)

Committee, 955–956, 993, 994

Fair Registration Practices Act (Bill 15)

Second reading, 433–435
Committee, 445, 446, 447, 448

Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

Agriculture

What would Minister say to the young farmer who stated that given the high cost of operations, he doesn't expect to make it through the next couple of years, 311

Forest Fires

Will damaged water bomber be fixed, sold, or replaced, 654

Hunting

Seniors requiring assistance to fill out application online, 1887

Flatrock

Municipalities

Acknowledging 25 years of service—McCarthy, Marion, 1680

Health care

Ambulance

How many red alerts has the new larger Eastern Health ambulance region experienced over the last year, 1099
Is the Liberal answer to the crisis in ambulatory services to download onto volunteer fire departments, 4055
With a larger region and lack of staff, does the Minister believe Eastern Health paramedics will be stretched too thin to provide proper coverage to residents of the area, 1099

Crisis, Health Care System

Comment on retention bonuses in budget debate, 1882–1886

Diabetes

How can constituent receive proper diabetic care in our province, 38

Emergency rooms

Comments on wait times, 1886
What does Minister say to family who had to wait 91 minutes for an ambulance to arrive to provide medical care and transport their loved one, 4055
When did Minister Responsible for Labour first speak with union representatives on this matter, 945
When did the director of Labour Relations' report land on Minister's desk, and would he please table it, 944
Why are instances of someone having to wait one hour and 31 minutes for an ambulance continuing to happen, 4054
Why did Minister Responsible for Labour fail to consult with the union prior to Saturday night, 946
Why wasn't government reactive when it was clear that a contract was out of reach, a strike was possible, and no essential work provisions were in place, 944
Will Minister admit that he ignored the possibility of strike to get to this point today, 945

Fertility treatments

Comments in budget debate, 4166–4167

Health Research Ethics Act (Bill 64)

Committee, 5214––5215

Highway Traffic Act (Amdt.), City of Corner Brook Act (Amdt.), City of Mount Pearl Act (Amdt.), City of St. John's Act (Amdt.) and Municipalities Act, 1999 (Amdt.) (Bill 55)

Committee, 2879–2880, 2881, 2882

Highway Traffic Act (Amdt.) and Provincial Offences Act (Amdt.) (Bill 79)

Committee, 4980, 4981–4982

House of Assembly

Office of the Seniors' Advocate

Does Minister now agree with the Seniors' Advocate, who condemned the abuse of no-fault evictions, 3328

Housing

Can Deputy Premier and Minister clarify whether 750 or 11 homes were built, 2940
Can Minister explain what happened to the other 20 units which were to be repaired in Corner Brook, 2940
Can Minister please clarify whether the repair of 143 units includes 12 or 32 for the West Coast, 2939
Can Minister please explain the scope of the work and when we can expect to see the consultant's results, 3037
Can Minister provide update on the number of staff currently hired to provide wraparound services to our most vulnerable populations, 4738–4739
Can Minister tell us today how many people are currently living at the hotel, 4782
Can Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador expect specific support for affordable housing, 2528
Does Minister's vision align with resident's comments that the lack of supports aligns with a private, for-profit shelter, 4845
Does Minister think that $1.6 million per resident is a good value for our taxpayers, 4114
Does Minister think that 12 units are enough for the City of Corner Brook, 2826
Given the total cost to taxpayers at $13 million per year for the Airport Inn, is this a cost-efficient model, 5415
Has Minister offered rooms to the individuals living at Tent City, 4208
Has Minister reviewed the list of almost 3,000 people on the housing wait list to see if we can accommodate any of these families at the Airport Inn and get them off the street, 5415–5416
Homelessness

How much has been budgeted for emergency shelters during this current fiscal year and is the Minister confident that it is enough, 7621
How will Minister get those who are currently experiencing homelessness in out of the cold, 3036

How many former Tent City residents are now placed at the hotel, 4782, 4783
How many of the 900 projects announced last November will never see the light of day, 3913
How many people are actually being housed at the airport location now, 4057
How many people are now residing at the Comfort Inn, 4738
How will tearing down housing units help this individual and his son, 3202
If municipalities lack the basic infrastructure to build the units, does Minister expect to get shovels in the ground on quality projects, 3913
What does the Minister say to those who don't have a safe roof over their heads tonight, 4999
What is Minister try to do by moving people to the airport inn, 4845
What issues are preventing full capacity at the hotel, 4998
What is the plan to house the individuals living at Tent City, 4209
When is government going to be accountable to the people at the tent encampment, 4114
When will Minister start offering keys so that those on the wait-list will have a place to call home, 3912
Why did Minister forget about the West Coast in the housing plan, 2826
Why doesn't Minister offer individuals at Tent City rooms at the hotel, 4209
Why does single father have to choose between a home and his family, 3201–3202
Why is Minister announcing projects that cannot get off the ground, 3912
Will 12 new housing units make up for the 37 housing units that have sat boarded up in the City of Corner Brook, 2826–2827
Will Minister admit that his plan is failing, 4114
Will Minister do the right thing and step down, 3202
Will Minister now admit there was never a concise plan when government signed a $21-million deal with their Liberal friends, 4056

Immigration, Population Growth and Skills

Heavy equipment technicians

What is being done to resolve the training bottleneck, 98
Why is government forcing more skilled professionals out of the province, 98

Immigration

Doubling immigration spaces to welcome more newcomers throughout province, 1682–1683

Population Growth

Minister highlights population growth and diversity, 2934

Student Summer Employment Program

Has government talked to federal cousins to see why they are reducing jobs in our province this summer, 2487
Why did government cut the student summer jobs budget, 2487
Why is government turning their back on the students who rely on these programs, and why is Member getting $3,000 less for students this year, 2488

Ukraine

How many medical professionals from the Ukraine are now licensed to practice in our province, 1690
How many Ukrainian newcomers are without child care, 193
How many Ukrainian newcomers currently have a family doctor, 1691
How many Ukrainians are still living in hotel rooms and cannot find proper housing, 193
How many Ukrainians have found permanent housing and how many are currently living in hotels, 1689
Third airlift brings 177 Ukrainians to Province, 184–185
What is the current number living in temporary accommodations and how many have found permanent housing, 1690
When will Minister live up to the promises made to individuals coming to our province, 193
Why is government failing individuals just weeks after their arrival, 192

Interim Supply Act, 2023 (Bill 21)

Committee, 1122–1124, 1268–1270

Interim Supply Act, 2024 (Bill 63)

Committee, 3489–3491

Interim Supply Act, 2025 (Bill 105)

Committee, 6704–6706, 6767–6770

Justice and Public Safety

Firefighters

Urging government to explore innovative solutions and best practices that will further support our volunteer firefighters

Debate, 1220–1222

Law Enforcement Identity Management Act (Bill 94)

Committee, 5443, 5444

Law Enforcement Oversight Commission Act (Bill 102)

Committee, 6798–6799

Members' Statements

Arts

Rocky Isle Singers—Preserving cultural heritage and committed to community, 5624–5625

Awards, miscellaneous

Best of Torbay awards, 2025—congratulating recipients for their outstanding achievements in business, volunteerism and entrepreneurship, 7209
Presentation of 75th Anniversary of Confederation Medals to 17 residents of District of Cape St. Francis, 5984

Business/entrepreneurship

2024 Torbay Business Awards—Thanking small businesses for their invaluable contributions, 4873–4874

Clubs/organizations

Bauline Community Committee—Congratulating volunteers for their contributions, 4630
East Coast Trail Association—30th anniversary milestone, 4197
Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove Development Association—Congratulating group and thanking them for continued commitment, 5359–5360

Education

Public libraries—Acknowledging commitment of library staff and volunteer board members, 6778–6779

Miscellaneous

Satellite Tracking Station—Acknowledging work of Mr. Garry Knight—Shoe Cove, 30

Municipalities

50th anniversary of incorporation—Torbay, 2282–2283
Acknowledging 25 years of service—McCarthy, Marion—Flatrock, 1680

Sports/recreation

Canada Winter Games

Acknowledging 17 athletes, coaches and staff from district who competed, 1031–1032

Hockey

Wexford Estates Outer Cove Marines—Recognizing the return of one of the original teams involved in the Avalon East Senior Hockey League, 1392–1393

Karate

Recognizing outstanding achievements in karate—Ryan, Alex—Outer Cove, 3195

Premier's Athletic Awards of Excellence

Congratulating 10 outstanding athletes from District of Cape St. Francis, 2562
Congratulating 13 athletes from District of Cape St. Francis, 5091

Soccer

Jubilee Trophy—Recognizing three constituents on Holy Cross women's soccer team—Cape St. Francis (District), 642–643

Tributes

Acknowledging aunt—50 years of keeping town hall clean in Torbay—Manning, Rita, 355–356
Galway, Madonna—recognition of years of service, commitment and engagement to the community—Cape St. Francis (District), 7026
Kirby, Michael—congratulations on successfully climbing Mount Everest, 7610–7611

Volunteers

Acknowledging 31 years of service with Torbay Volunteer Fire Department and volunteerism—Tilley, Joe—Torbay, 3850
Acknowledging helpers to Santa and Mrs. Claus—O'Toole, Bill and Sharon—Bauline, 3653
Acknowledging many years of varied service to residents of Torbay—Roche, Peggy, 4360
Acknowledging seventh year of Rolling Barrage coast-to-coast motorcycle ride across Canada—Combatting stigma against post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health concerns, 2817
Volunteer Fire Department

Induction into World Firefighter Hall of Fame—Hickey, Jack—Cape St. Francis (District), 3440–3441

Ministerial Statements

Digital Government and Service NL

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

Acknowlegement of

response, 3392

Employment

Skills training

Supporting women in the workplace

response, 357

Immigration, Population Growth and Skills

Immigration

Doubling immigration spaces to welcome more newcomers throughout province

response, 1682–1683

Population Growth

Minister highlights population growth and diversity

response, 2934

Ukraine

Third airlift brings 177 Ukrainians to Province

response, 184–185

Municipal and Provincial Affairs

Code of Conduct

New codes of conduct help reduce barriers for women in local leadership roles

response, 301

Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador and Professional Municipal Administrators conferences

2022

Thanking municipal administrators for their contribution to communities

response, 239

World Town Planning Day

Recognition of

response, 891

Volunteers

National Volunteer Week

Recogntion of

response, 3906

Women and Gender Equality

Employment

Skills training—Supporting women in the workplace

response, 357

Municipal and Provincial Affairs

Code of Conduct

New codes of conduct help reduce barriers for women in local leadership roles, 301

Housing

How are smaller municipalities supposed to address the housing crisis in their own communities, 2529
Why is the Minister ignoring the needs of municipalities, 2528–2529

Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program

Why is Minister ignoring municipalities in the province when it comes to funding from this program, 1340

Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador and Professional Municipal Administrators conferences

2022

Thanking municipal administrators for their contribution to communities, 239

Municipal Operating Grants

When is government going to come to the table to help struggling municipalities in our province, 1339

Regionalization plan

When can municipalities, unincorporated areas, Local Service Districts and others expect further consultation by department on regionalization, 1403
Will tomorrow's budget include action on regionalization report, 1340

Relocation

Does Minister feel that people's concerns about the process are acceptable, 1403
When can couple expect the Minister to do the right thing, 473
When will current Minister do the right thing and correct the mistake denying financial assistance for community relocation for Mr. and Mrs. Hull, 473
Why is Minister allowing people who have already moved on from Gaultois the ability to take part in a resettlement vote, 1402

Shared services

Which programs will be funded under the shared-services approach, and how do smaller communities with limited services qualify for that, 1404

Town planning

How many town plans or amendments are sitting in the department waiting for a signature, 6791
Will Minister reimburse towns that have paid certified planners to complete work that should have been done provincially, 6791

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

Extraordinary Debate Pursuant to SO 8(7)

Memorandum of Understanding Between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec

House of Assembly to support Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro proceeding with the Memorandum of Understanding toward the definitive agreements, as defined in the Memorandum of Understanding

Debate (Members), 6447–6449

"Ode to Labrador"; "Ode to Newfoundland"

Urging government to bring forward legislation to require the "Ode to Newfoundland" and the "Ode to Labrador" to be sung at graduation ceremonies at Memorial University's convocation

Debate, 2451–2453

Oral Questions

Digital Government and Service NL

OCIO

Can Minister explain how department has allocated $11 million with no identified projects, 4251
Can Minister provide an explanation of the unrelated projects and salary saving in the estimates, 4251
What is the budget amount department actually spends on cybersecurity purposes for government, 4251

Ride-sharing service

How can Minister allow an owner not to be subject to background checks, 3666
How was Redsea Riding's application approved so quickly, 3666

Weigh scales

Does Minister really believe that it is safe that 98 per cent of transport trucks will no longer have to be stopped to be safely inspected or weighed, 3401
Is Minister worried that the safety of our roadways will be compromised, 3400–3401

Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

Agriculture

What would Minister say to the young farmer who stated that given the high cost of operations, he doesn't expect to make it through the next couple of years, 311

Forest Fires

Will damaged water bomber be fixed, sold, or replaced, 654

Health care

Ambulance

Is the Liberal answer to the crisis in ambulatory services to download onto volunteer fire departments, 4055
What does Minister say to family who had to wait 91 minutes for an ambulance to arrive to provide medical care and transport their loved one, 4055
When did Minister Responsible for Labour first speak with union representatives on this matter, 945
When did the director of Labour Relations' report land on Minister's desk, and would he please table it, 944
Why are instances of someone having to wait one hour and 31 minutes for an ambulance continuing to happen, 4054
Why did Minister Responsible for Labour fail to consult with the union prior to Saturday night, 946
Why wasn't government reactive when it was clear that a contract was out of reach, a strike was possible, and no essential work provisions were in place, 944
Will Minister admit that he ignored the possibility of strike to get to this point today, 945
With a larger region and lack of staff, does the Minister believe Eastern Health paramedics will be stretched too thin to provide proper coverage to residents of the area, 1099

Diabetes

How can constituent receive proper diabetic care in our province, 38

How many red alerts has the new larger Eastern Health ambulance region experienced over the last year, 1099

House of Assembly

Office of the Seniors' Advocate

Does Minister now agree with the Seniors' Advocate, who condemned the abuse of no-fault evictions, 3328

Housing

Can Deputy Premier and Minister clarify whether 750 or 11 homes were built, 2940
Can Minister explain what happened to the other 20 units which were to be repaired in Corner Brook, 2940
Can Minister please clarify whether the repair of 143 units includes 12 or 32 for the West Coast, 2939
Can Minister please explain the scope of the work and when we can expect to see the consultant's results, 3037
Can Minister provide update on the number of staff currently hired to provide wraparound services to our most vulnerable populations, 4738–4739
Can Minister tell us today how many people are currently living at the hotel, 4782
Can Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador expect specific support for affordable housing, 2528
Does Minister's vision align with resident's comments that the lack of supports aligns with a private, for-profit shelter, 4845
Does Minister think that $1.6 million per resident is a good value for our taxpayers, 4114
Does Minister think that 12 units are enough for the City of Corner Brook, 2826
Given the total cost to taxpayers at $13 million per year for the Airport Inn, is this a cost-efficient model, 5415
Has Minister offered rooms to the individuals living at Tent City, 4208
Has Minister reviewed the list of almost 3,000 people on the housing wait list to see if we can accommodate any of these families at the Airport Inn and get them off the street, 5415–5416
Homelessness

How much has been budgeted for emergency shelters during this current fiscal year and is the Minister confident that it is enough, 7621
How will Minister get those who are currently experiencing homelessness in out of the cold, 3036

How many former Tent City residents are now placed at the hotel, 4782, 4783
How many of the 900 projects announced last November will never see the light of day, 3913
How many people are actually being housed at the airport location now, 4057
How many people are now residing at the Comfort Inn, 4738
How will tearing down housing units help this individual and his son, 3202
If municipalities lack the basic infrastructure to build the units, does Minister expect to get shovels in the ground on quality projects, 3913
What does the Minister say to those who don't have a safe roof over their heads tonight, 4999
What is Minister try to do by moving people to the airport inn, 4845
What issues are preventing full capacity at the hotel, 4998
What is the plan to house the individuals living at Tent City, 4209
When is government going to be accountable to the people at the tent encampment, 4114
When will Minister start offering keys so that those on the wait-list will have a place to call home, 3912
Why did Minister forget about the West Coast in the housing plan, 2826
Why doesn't Minister offer individuals at Tent City rooms at the hotel, 4209
Why does single father have to choose between a home and his family, 3201–3202
Why is Minister announcing projects that cannot get off the ground, 3912
Will 12 new housing units make up for the 37 housing units that have sat boarded up in the City of Corner Brook, 2826–2827
Will Minister admit that his plan is failing, 4114
Will Minister do the right thing and step down, 3202
Will Minister now admit there was never a concise plan when government signed a $21-million deal with their Liberal friends, 4056

Immigration, Population Growth and Skills

Heavy equipment technicians

What is being done to resolve the training bottleneck, 98
Why is government forcing more skilled professionals out of the province, 98

Student Summer Employment Program

Has government talked to federal cousins to see why they are reducing jobs in our province this summer, 2487
Why did government cut the student summer jobs budget, 2487
Why is government turning their back on the students who rely on these programs, and why is Member getting $3,000 less for students this year, 2488

Ukraine

How many Ukrainian newcomers are without child care, 193
How many Ukrainians are still living in hotel rooms and cannot find proper housing, 193
When will Minister live up to the promises made to individuals coming to our province, 193
Why is government failing individuals just weeks after their arrival, 192

Municipal and Provincial Affairs

Housing

How are smaller municipalities supposed to address the housing crisis in their own communities, 2529
Why is the Minister ignoring the needs of municipalities, 2528–2529

Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program

Why is Minister ignoring municipalities in the province when it comes to funding from this program, 1340

Municipal Operating Grants

When is government going to come to the table to help struggling municipalities in our province, 1339

Regionalization plan

When can municipalities, unincorporated areas, Local Service Districts and others expect further consultation by department on regionalization, 1403
Will tomorrow's budget include action on regionalization report, 1340

Relocation

Does Minister feel that people's concerns about the process are acceptable, 1403
When can couple expect the Minister to do the right thing, 473
When will current Minister do the right thing and correct the mistake denying financial assistance for community relocation for Mr. and Mrs. Hull, 473
Why is Minister allowing people who have already moved on from Gaultois the ability to take part in a resettlement vote, 1402

Shared services

Which programs will be funded under the shared-services approach, and how do smaller communities with limited services qualify for that, 1404

Town planning

How many town plans or amendments are sitting in the department waiting for a signature, 6791
Will Minister reimburse towns that have paid certified planners to complete work that should have been done provincially, 6791

Public Service Commission

Can Minister explain why there is still only an acting Chief Executive Officer, 2150
How does Minister justify ignoring the hiring process for the very head of the commission which is supposed to ensure fair hiring practices for the province, 2151

Seniors

When will Minister finally take action to protect the seniors of Newfoundland and Labrador, 3329
Why are we one of the only places in the country that allows landlords to put seniors out on the street, with no-fault evictions, 3329

Transportation and Infrastructure

Highways/roads

Can Minister advise the House of the number of municipalities who have adjusted their capital works plans because costs have skyrocketed, 311
Has Minister considered the difficulties towns are facing regarding the increase in the cost of asphalt, and will he change the formula to allow additional support from the province, 310
When will grading work be completed on Route 20 and 21, 7621–7622
Why is Minister picking and choosing who can take part in speed camera program, 2438–2439
Why was City of St. John's ignored with regard to speed cameras, 2438

Outer Cove

Sports/recreation

Karate—Recognizing outstanding achievements in karate—Ryan, Alex, 3195

Pension Benefits Act, 1997 (Amdt.) (Bill 61)

Second reading, 3378
Committee, 3380, 3381, 3382

Petitions

Transportation and Infrastructure

Highways/roads

Urging government to immediately take steps to repair and repave Route 20 to ensure the safety of the driving public who use this section of the provincial road on a regular basis, 5470–5471

Provincial Health Authority Act (Bill 20)

Committee, 921–923

Public Service Commission

Can Minister explain why there is still only an acting Chief Executive Officer, 2150
How does Minister justify ignoring the hiring process for the very head of the commission which is supposed to ensure fair hiring practices for the province, 2151

Resolution, Government

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

Extraordinary Debate Pursuant to SO 8(7)

Memorandum of Understanding Between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec

House of Assembly to support Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro proceeding with the Memorandum of Understanding toward the definitive agreements, as defined in the Memorandum of Understanding

Debate, 6447–6449

Resolution, Private Member's

Justice and Public Safety

Firefighters

Urging government to explore innovative solutions and best practices that will further support our volunteer firefighters

Debate, 1220–1222

Memorial University of Newfoundland

"Ode to Labrador"; "Ode to Newfoundland"

Urging government to bring forward legislation to require the "Ode to Newfoundland" and the "Ode to Labrador" to be sung at graduation ceremonies at Memorial University's convocation

Debate, 2451–2453

Seniors

When will Minister finally take action to protect the seniors of Newfoundland and Labrador, 3329
Why are we one of the only places in the country that allows landlords to put seniors out on the street, with no-fault evictions, 3329

Shoe Cove

Miscellaneous

Satellite Tracking Station—Acknowledging work of Mr. Garry Knight, 30

Standing Orders

SO 36

Matters of urgent public importance

Adjournment of House to address housing emergency

Debate, 2598–2599

Torbay

Business/entrepreneurship

2024 Torbay Business Awards—Thanking small businesses for their invaluable contributions, 4873–4874

Municipalities

50th anniversary of incorporation, 2282–2283

Tributes

Acknowledging aunt—50 years of keeping town hall clean in Torbay—Manning, Rita, 355–356

Volunteers

Acknowledging 31 years of service with Torbay Volunteer Fire Department and volunteerism—Tilley, Joe, 3850
Acknowledging many years of varied service to residents of Torbay—Roche, Peggy, 4360

Transportation and Infrastructure

Highways/roads

Can Minister advise the House of the number of municipalities who have adjusted their capital works plans because costs have skyrocketed, 311
Has Minister considered the difficulties towns are facing regarding the increase in the cost of asphalt, and will he change the formula to allow additional support from the province, 310
Urging government to immediately take steps to repair and repave Route 20 to ensure the safety of the driving public who use this section of the provincial road on a regular basis, 5470–5471
When will grading work be completed on Route 20 and 21, 7621–7622
Why is Minister picking and choosing who can take part in speed camera program, 2438–2439
Why was City of St. John's ignored with regard to speed cameras, 2438

Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000 (Amdt.) and City of St. John's Municipal Taxation Act (Amdt.) (Bill 93)

Committee, 5831(24), 5831(25)

Violence

Need for violence prevention, 1644–1645

Volunteers

National Volunteer Week

Recogntion of, 3906

Women and Gender Equality

Employment

Skills training

Supporting women in the workplace, 357

Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act (Amdt.) (Bill 12)

Second reading, 385–386

WARR, BRIAN (L) (BAIE VERTE - GREEN BAY)

Aquaculture Act, 2023 (Bill 17)

Second reading, 2552–2554

Baie Verte - Green Bay (District)

Education

Congratulating the graduating classes of District of Baie Verte - Green Bay, 2428

Municipalities

Baie Verte Mining Conference, 34th annual—Highlighting event, 2281

Sports/recreation

Hockey—Brave Cats—U11 Springdale Braves join with U11 Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts to win female A division hockey provincials, 1547

Burlington

Tributes

Kelly, George—Former mayor, 180–181

Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

Crown Lands

Urging government to move expeditiously to bring forward legislative amendments to ensure fair reconciliation of existing claims for people seeking title to the land they have occupied in good faith for generations and which is recognized within their communities, and to take steps in the interim to address crown land's actions against occupied properties in the province

Debate, 1976–1978

Fisheries

House of Assembly to express to Government of Canada its strong opposition to unilateral fisheries management decisions and demand the establishment of a joint Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador fisheries management board to give our province a direct say in the management of our most historic and important resource industry

Debate, 494–495

Fleur de Lys

Municipalities

Highlighting Samantha's Saltwater Joys Museum, 1678

Tributes

Acknowledging fishing tragedy that resulted in the loss of three lives, 2518

Justice and Public Safety

Firefighters

Urging government to explore innovative solutions and best practices that will further support our volunteer firefighters

Debate, 1218–1220

Loan Act, 2023 (Bill 37)

Committee, 2272–2275

Members' Statements

Birthdays/anniversaries

90th birthday—Warr, Harold—Springdale, 643
90th birthday—Warr, Margie, 1231

Business/entrepreneurship

Recognizing 15-year-old resident—Budgell, Grayson—Triton, 2816–2817

Clubs/organizations

Life Unlimited for Older Adults—Applauding staff, volunteers and participants—Springdale, 890

Education

Congratulating the graduating classes of District of Baie Verte - Green Bay, 2428
Research Inspired Student Enrichment Awards (RISE Awards)

2023—Brooks, Lucas—Springdale, 1795

Speak Off awards and attendance at Adventure Citizenship Program in Ottawa—Tizzard, Zoey—Springdale, 1956

Municipalities

34th annual Baie Verte Mining Conference—Highlighting event, 2281
Highlighting Samantha's Saltwater Joys Museum—Fleur de Lys, 1678

Sports/recreation

Hockey

Brave Cats—U11 Springdale Braves join with U11 Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts to win female A division hockey provincials, 1547

Tributes

Acknowledging fishing tragedy near Fleur de Lys that resulted in the loss of three lives, 2518
Acknowledging trailblazing work in virtual care—Young, Dr. Todd—Springdale, 3097–3098
Former mayor—Kelly, George—Burlington, 180–181
Noel, Brad—Springdale, 29

Point of Order

Member takes exception to statement that people who are not impacted do not care about suicides in Labrador, 1695–1696, 1698

Resolution, Private Member's

Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

Crown Lands

Urging government to move expeditiously to bring forward legislative amendments to ensure fair reconciliation of existing claims for people seeking title to the land they have occupied in good faith for generations and which is recognized within their communities; and to take steps in the interim to address Crown Lands' actions against occupied properties in the province—2023

Debate, 1976–1978

Fisheries

House of Assembly to express to Government of Canada its strong opposition to unilateral fisheries management decisions and demand the establishment of a joint Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador fisheries management board to give our province a direct say in the management of our most historic and important resource industry

Debate, 494–495

Justice and Public Safety

Firefighters

Urging government to explore innovative solutions and best practices that will further support our volunteer firefighters

Debate, 1218–1220

Speech from the Throne

Select Committee Appointment (Address in Reply)

Moved, 10–12
Report, 101

Springdale

Birthdays/anniversaries

90th birthday—Warr, Harold, 643

Clubs/organizations

Life Unlimited for Older Adults—Applauding staff, volunteers and participants, 890

Education

Research Inspired Student Enrichment Awards (RISE Awards)—2023—Brooks, Lucas, 1795

Tributes

Acknowledging trailblazing work in virtual care—Young, Dr. Todd, 3097–3098
Noel, Brad, 29

Standing Committees

Resource Committee

Report of Committee (2023), 2086–2087

Suicide

Comments on, 1695–1696
Member takes exception to statement that people who are not impacted do not care about suicides in Labrador, 1695–1696, 1698

Triton

Business/entrepreneurship

Recognizing 15-year-old resident—Budgell, Grayson, 2816–2817

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