No.
29/2008
House
of Assembly
Province
of Newfoundland & Labrador
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1st
Session – 46th General Assembly
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Wednesday, May 21,
2008
ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS
(a) Statements
by Members
(b) Statements
by Ministers
(c) Oral Questions
(d) Presenting
Reports by Standing and Select Committees
(e) Tabling of
Documents
(f) Notices of
Motion
(g) Answers to
questions for which notice has been given
(h) Petitions
ORDERS OF THE DAY
1. C Committee
of Supply
2. C
Address in Reply
Second
3. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act Respecting
Registered Nurses@.
(Bill No. 3)
(Health and Community Services)
4. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act To Provide For
The Protection Of Personal Health Information”. (Bill No. 7) (Health and Community Services)
5. C Second
6. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act
To Amend The Legal Aid Act”. (Bill No. 29)
(Adjourned) (Justice and Attorney
General)
7. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act
To Amend The Partnership Act”. (Bill No. 30)
(Justice
and Attorney General)
8. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act
To Amend
The
9. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act
To Amend
The House Of Assembly Accountability, Integrity
And Administration Act”. (Bill No. 32) (Government House Leader)
10. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act
To Amend The Child and Youth Advocate Act”. (Bill No. 33) (Government House Leader)
11. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act
To Amend The Judicature Act”. (Bill No. 34)
(Justice and Attorney General)
MOTIONS
1. C THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND PRESIDENT
OF TREASURY BOARD C To Move that the House Resolve itself into a
Committee of the Whole on Supply to Consider a Resolution for the Granting of
Supply to Her Majesty. (Bill No. 25)
2. C THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND
PRESIDENT OF TREASURY BOARD C To
ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, AAn Act
To Amend The Liquor Control Act”. (Bill 37)
3. C THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES C To
ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, AAn Act
To Amend The Energy Corporation Act”. (Bill No. 35)
4. C THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF NATURAL
RESOURCES C To
ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, AAn Act
To Enable The Issuance Of Water Rights To The Energy
Corporation Of Newfoundland And Labrador For The Lower Churchill River”. (Bill
No. 36)
5. C THE HONOURABLE THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER C To
Move:
“WHEREAS under subsection 35(1) of the House of Assembly Accountability, Integrity
and Administration Act the Speaker referred to the Standing Committee of
the House of Assembly on Privileges and Elections the responsibility for
developing and proposing to this House of Assembly a Code of Conduct to assist members in the
discharge of their obligations to the House of Assembly, constituents and the
public at large,
AND
WHEREAS the Standing
Committee of the House of Assembly on Privileges and Elections has met,
considered and reached an agreement on a Code of Conduct to apply to all
members of the House of Assembly,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED that this House of Assembly for the purposes of section 35 of the House of Assembly Accountability, Integrity
and Administration Act and for the benefit of the electorate of
CODE OF CONDUCT FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE
OF ASSEMBLY
Commitments:
Members of this House of Assembly
recognize that we are responsible to the people of
Members of this House of Assembly respect
the law and the institution of the Legislature and acknowledge our need to
maintain the public trust placed in us by performing our duties with
accessibility, accountability, courtesy, honesty and integrity.
Principles:
1. Members
shall inform themselves of and shall conduct themselves in accordance with the
provisions and spirit of the Standing Orders of the House of Assembly, the House of Assembly Accountability, Integrity
and Administration Act, the Members' Resources and Allowances Rules, the
Elections Act, 1991, the House of Assembly Act and this Code of Conduct and
shall ensure that their conduct does not bring the integrity of their office or
the House of Assembly into disrepute.
2.
It is a fundamental objective of their
holding public office that Members serve their fellow citizens with integrity
in order to improve the economic and social conditions of the people of the
province.
3. Members
reject political corruption and refuse to participate in unethical political
practices which tend to undermine the democratic traditions of our province and
its institutions.
4.
Members will act lawfully and in a
manner that will withstand the closest public scrutiny. Neither the law nor
this code is designed to be exhaustive and there will be occasions on which
Members will find it necessary to adopt more stringent norms of conduct in
order to protect the public interest and to enhance public confidence and
trust.
5.
Members will not engage in personal
conduct that exploits for private reasons their positions or authorities or
that would tend to bring discredit to their offices.
6.
Members will carry out their official
duties and arrange their private financial affairs in a manner that protects
the public interest and enhances public confidence and trust in government and
in high standards of ethical conduct in public office.
7.
Members will base their conduct on a
consideration of the public interest. They are individually responsible for
preventing conflicts of interest and will endeavor to prevent them from
arising. Members will take all reasonable steps to resolve any such conflict
quickly and in a manner which is in the best interests of the public.
8.
In performing their official duties,
Members will apply public resources prudently and only for the purposes for
which they are intended.
9. Members will not use official
information which is not in the public domain, or information obtained in
confidence in the course of their official duties, for personal gain or the
personal gain of others.
10. Relationships between Members and
government employees should be professional and based upon mutual respect and
should have regard to the duty of those employees to remain politically
impartial when carrying out their duties.
11. Members
should promote and support these principles by leadership and example.
12. This Code of Conduct has a continuing
effect except as amended or rescinded by Resolution of the House of Assembly.”
6. C MR. WADE VERGE (Lewisporte)
C To Move:
“WHEREAS
the Constitution of
Canada provides for fair and equitable treatment of all citizens;
AND WHEREAS Revenue
AND WHEREAS many
AND WHEREAS participants in the 1999 licence retirement program paid a disproportionate and
unfair share of income tax on their licence
retirement payout as compared to those participants in the 1996 and 2002
Atlantic Groundfish Retirement Program;
AND WHEREAS this inequity has cost fisher people who
participated in the 1999 buy back program undue financial hardship;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this House of Assembly call upon
the Government of Canada to immediately require Revenue
7. C THE HONOURABLE THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER C To
Move pursuant to Standing Order 11 that the House not adjourn at 5:30 o=clock
p.m. on Thursday, May 22nd, 2008.
8.
C
THE HONOURABLE THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER C
To Move pursuant to Standing Order 11 that the House not adjourn at 10:00 o=clock
p.m. on Thursday, May 22nd, 2008.
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Speaker of the
House of Assembly by Earl G. Tucker,
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