No.29/2011
House
of Assembly
Province
of Newfoundland & Labrador
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4th
Session – 46th General Assembly
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Wednesday, May 25,
2011
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
2. C Second
Reading of a Bill C “An
Act To Amend The Judicature Act”. (Bill No. 24)
(Justice
and Attorney General)
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 Certain Resolutions Relating to
the Granting of Supply to Her Majesty.
(Bill No. 30)
3. C THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND PRESIDENT
OF TREASURY BOARD C To ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, “An Act To
Amend The Tax Agreement Act, 2010”. (Bill No. 32)
4. C THE HONOURABLE THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER C To
Move:
“WHEREAS subsection 4(1) of the Elections Act, 1991 provides that the
Office of the Chief Electoral Officer be filled by resolution of the House of
Assembly;
AND
WHEREAS subsection 34(2) of the House
of Assembly Act provides that a Commissioner for Legislative Standards be
appointed by the House of Assembly on motion of the Premier following
consultation with the Leader of the Official Opposition and representatives of
other registered political parties having representation in the House of
Assembly;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED that Mr. Victor Powers be appointed Chief Electoral Officer
and Commissioner for Legislative Standards.”
5. C MR. KELVIN PARSONS (Burgeo – La Poile) C To Move:
“WHEREAS
the Speaker of the House of Assembly has appeared, and has admitted
appearing, at a public event of a partisan nature intended to support and
promote the candidacy of a particular party and/or candidate;
BE
IT RESOLVED that this matter be referred to the House Standing Committee on
Privileges and Elections.”
6. C MR. KEVIN POLLARD (Baie Verte-Springdale) C To Move:
“WHEREAS the
provincial government in October 2005 published “A Provincial Policy Framework
for Mental Health & Addictions Services in
AND WHEREAS in the
2004 Budget, the province committed $1 million to take immediate action on
identified long-standing gaps within our mental health system, create more
access to mental health services and treatment, and work to reduce the stigma
that individuals suffering with mental illness face;
AND WHEREAS in the 2005 Budget, the
province committed
$1
million to implement the findings of the OxyContin Task Force;
$740,000
to upgrade facilities;
$1
million for enhanced mental health home and community supports and,
$740,000
for enhanced services for gambling addictions;
AND WHEREAS in the 2006 Budget, the
province committed
$1
million to enhance primary mental health services in the province;
$1 million to add nine new addictions
counsellors in the province for primary prevention and treatment, and to
respond to needs identified in the Gambling Prevalence Study;
$1.1 million to construct a new
provincial addictions treatment centre in Corner Brook as part of a $3 million
project to provide enhanced treatment for persons with addictions, including
non-medical detox services enabling a seamless transfer from detox to
treatment;
and it also that year brought forward a
new Mental Health Care and Treatment Act;
AND WHEREAS in the 2007 Budget, the
province committed
$800,000
to implement the framework for the new Act;
$800,000
to continue with implementation of the Policy Framework;
$575,000
to address problem gambling, particularly through the enhancement of prevention
and treatment services, creation of a public awareness campaign and funding for
research and,
$228,800
to establish a new Provincial Eating Disorders Program;
AND WHEREAS in the
2008 Budget, the province committed $1.7 million for further enhancements to
services and programs for persons with mental health and addictions;
AND WHEREAS in the 2009 Budget, the
province committed
$775,800
for the prevention and treatment of substance use by addressing service gaps,
increasing service accessibility and involving communities in preventing
addictions problems in youth;
and
also invested $500,000 for the planning of a residential treatment centre for
youth with addictions and $500,000 for the planning of a residential treatment
centre for youth with complex mental health needs;
AND WHEREAS in the 2010 Budget, the
province committed
$2
million for the planning and development of an adult residential addictions
treatment centre in Harbour Grace;
$482,900
to enhance child psychiatry services at the
additional
funding for a new psychologist to enhance the eating disorders treatment
program at Eastern Health;
$2.4
million for continued planning and construction of a new residential treatment
centre for children and youth with complex mental health needs and behavioural
issues in
$2
million to further the new residential treatment centre in Grand Falls-Windsor
for children and youth with addictions;
$300,000
to support new community-based projects primarily focused on mental health and
addictions issues;
$3.2
million to increase the rural capacity to address mental health and addictions
issues;
AND WHEREAS in the 2011 Budget, the
province committed
$4.5 million to begin the replacement of
the
$1 million to develop an interactive
e-mental health service, to enhance tele-mental health services for people in
rural and remote regions, and to launch a provincial public awareness campaign
to decrease the stigma and discrimination while increasing understanding of how
and when to seek help;
$402,900 for enhanced programming and the
addition of two rural case managers for adults in Placentia and Bonne Bay and
two rural case managers for youth in Corner Brook and Grand Falls-Windsor;
$195,300 for two intake workers to
oversee and manage mental health and addictions referrals in Labrador West and
Happy Valley-Goose Bay;
$180,000 to enable the Canadian Mental
Health Association –
$140,000 to enable Consumer Health
Awareness Network of Newfoundland and Labrador (CHANNAL) to hire four peer
support positions for the community mental health system in the central and
western regions;
$76,000 to enable Choices for Youth to
operate its “Moving Forward” program;
$2.2 million to place five, full-time
mental health and addictions counsellors in Nain, Hopedale, Makkovik, and
Natuashish and provide the necessary accommodations and supports;
BE IT THEREFORE
RESOLVED that this Honourable House supports the significant actions this
government has taken and is continuing to take to advance mental health and
addictions services throughout
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Published under the authority of the
Speaker of the
House of Assembly by William E. Parsons,
Queen's Printer