No.19/2014
House of Assembly
Province of Newfoundland & Labrador
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3rd Session – 47th
General Assembly
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Wednesday, April 16,
2014
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. – Committee of Supply
Third Reading Bills
2. – Third Reading of a Bill −
“An Act To Amend The Revenue Administration Act”. (Bill No. 9)
(Finance and
President of Treasury Board)
Bills Referred to Committee of the
Whole
3. – Committee of the Whole on a Bill −
“An Act To Amend The City Of Corner Brook Act, The City Of Mount Pearl Act, The
City Of St. John's Act And The Municipalities Act, 1999”.
(Bill No. 6) (Progress) (Municipal and
Intergovernmental Affairs)
4. – Second Reading of a Bill −
“An Act Respecting Public Interest Disclosure”. (Bill No. 1)
(Justice)
5. – Second Reading of a Bill −
“An Act To Amend The Mental Health Care And Treatment Act”. (Bill No. 4)
(Health &
Community Services)
6. – Second Reading of a Bill −
“An Act To Amend The Health Professions Act”.
(Bill No. 7)
(Health and
Community Services)
MOTIONS
1. − THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE
AND PRESIDENT OF TREASURY BOARD − To Move “That This House
Approves in General the Budgetary Policy of the Government.” (Budget Speech)
2. − THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF
FINANCE AND PRESIDENT OF TREASURY BOARD − 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. 11)
3. − THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF
FINANCE AND PRESIDENT OF TREASURY BOARD − To Move that the House Resolve
itself into a Committee of the Whole to Consider a Resolution Respecting the
Imposition of Taxes on Tobacco. (Bill No. 12)
4. −
THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES – To ask leave to
introduce a Bill entitled, “An Act To Amend Various Acts Of The Province
Respecting The Publication Of A Summary Of A Decision Or Order Of An
Adjudication Tribunal”. (Bill No. 8)
5.
− THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND PRESIDENT OF TREASURY BOARD
– To ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, “An Act
To Amend The Income Tax Act, 2000”. (Bill No. 13)
6.
− THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF MUNICIPAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
– To ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, “An Act To
Establish And Implement A Province-Wide 911 Telephone Service For The Reporting
Of Emergencies”. (Bill No. 14)
7.
− MS. LORRAINE MICHAEL (Signal Hill – Quidi Vidi) − To Move:
“WHEREAS more than
two-thirds of minimum wage earners in Newfoundland and Labrador are women, and one-fourth of minimum wage earners are the sole
earners in their household;
AND WHEREAS the minimum wage is
inadequate and does not provide enough money for the necessities of life
because a person earning minimum wage working 40 hours a week makes $20,800 a
year which is barely above the Low-Income Cut-Off of $19,496, and a working
couple with two children are also close to low income;
AND WHEREAS in 2012 the Minimum
Wage Review Committee recommended an increase in the minimum wage in 2013 to
reflect the loss of purchasing power since 2010, and an annual adjustment
beginning in 2014 to reflect the Consumer Price Index;
AND WHEREAS the Provincial
Government instead legislated two 25-cent increases,
one in October 2014 and one in October 2015, with no indexing;
AND WHEREAS other provinces and
territories are continuing to raise their minimum wage and six now have a
higher minimum wage than Newfoundland and Labrador;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT
the House of Assembly urge Government to legislate an increase in the minimum
wage in 2014 to reflect the loss of purchasing power since 2010, and make an
annual adjustment to the minimum wage beginning in 2015 to reflect the Consumer
Price Index.”
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