No.7/2010
House
of Assembly
Province
of Newfoundland & Labrador
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3rd Session – 46th
General Assembly
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Wednesday, April
21, 2010
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
Second
1. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act
Respecting The Care And Protection Of Children And Youth”. (Bill No. 1) (Child, Youth and Family Services)
2. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act To
Amend The Income Tax Act, 2000”. (Bill No. 3) (Finance
and President of Treasury Board)
3. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act To
Amend The
4. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act To
Provide Liability Protection On Portions of Pedestrian Trails”. (Bill No. 5) (Tourism,
Culture and Recreation)
MOTIONS
1. C THE HONOURABLE
THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND PRESIDENT OF TREASURY BOARD C To Move AThat This House Approves in General the Budgetary
Policy of the Government.@ (Budget Speech)
2. 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 Certain
Resolution Relating to the Granting
of Supply to Her Majesty. (Bill No. 6)
3. 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 to Consider a Certain Resolution Respecting the
Imposition of Taxes on Tobacco. (Bill No. 10)
4. C THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND ATTORNEY
GENERAL C To ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, A An Act
To Amend The Commissioners For Oaths Act.” (Bill No. 7)
5. C THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND ATTORNEY
GENERAL C To ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, A An
Act To Amend The Notaries Public Act.” (Bill No. 8)
6. C THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND PRESIDENT
OF TREASURY BOARD C To ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, A An Act To Amend The Income Tax Act, 2000 No. 2.”
(Bill No. 9)
7. C THE HONOURABLE THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER C To Move:
“WHEREAS section
42.1 of the Access to Information and
Protection of Privacy Act provides that the Information and Privacy
Commissioner is to be appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council on a
resolution of the House of Assembly;
AND WHEREAS section 42.2 of the Act states that a
commissioner may be reappointed;
AND WHEREAS the appointment of the current
commissioner, Mr. Ed Ring, expires on April 10, 2010;
AND WHEREAS it is proposed that Mr. Ring be
reappointed as the commissioner for a term of 2 years;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Mr. Ed Ring, be reappointed as the
Information and Privacy Commissioner for a term of 2 years.”
8. C MR. WALLY YOUNG (St. Barbe) C To
Move:
“WHEREAS
the Provincial
Government, on June 5th last year, released “Oceans of Opportunity”,
a five-year, $28 million strategy to expand our Province's ocean technology
sector;
AND
WHEREAS Newfoundland and
Labrador's ocean technology sector is a cluster of more than 50 world-class
institutions, companies and industry organizations which are harnessing the
power of innovation and entrepreneurship to achieve the common goal of growing
the industry's value by 600 per cent to $1 billion with more than 6,600
employees by 2015;
AND
WHEREAS this strategy
builds on the Province's investments in the School of Ocean Technology at the
Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University to advance technology
transfer and applied research in ways that provide opportunities for both our
graduates and our Province to take a leadership role in this sector;
AND
WHEREAS this strategy
includes provisions for the Ocean Technology Development Fund with components
to advance the work of private sector enterprises, post-secondary institutions
and industry associations; International Marketing Assistance; the Polaris
Program; Business Incubation; and the Northwest Atlantic Ocean Observation
System Partnership;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House expresses
confidence in the Government's initiative to position Newfoundland and Labrador
as a global leader in ocean technology by putting into action “Oceans of
Opportunity: Newfoundland and Labrador's Ocean Technology Strategy.”
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Speaker of the
House of Assembly by Earl G. Tucker,
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