No.49/2014
House of Assembly
Province of Newfoundland & Labrador
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3rd Session – 47th
General Assembly
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Wednesday, December 3rd,
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.
– Address in Reply
Third Reading Bills
2. – Third
Reading of a Bill − “An Act To Amend The Registered Nurses Act, 2008”.
(Bill
No. 32)
(Health and
Community Services)
3. – Third
Reading of a Bill − “An Act Respecting The Atlantic Provinces Harness
Racing Commission”. (Bill No. 33)
(Finance and President of Treasury Board)
MOTIONS
1. − 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 Relating to the Advancing
or Guaranteeing of Certain Loans made under the Loan and Guarantee Act, 1957”.
(Bill No. 31)
2. −
THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION AND WORKS – To ask leave to
introduce a Bill entitled, “An Act To Amend The Works,
Services And Transportation Act”. (Bill No. 21)
3. −
THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES – To ask leave to introduce a
Bill entitled, “An Act To Amend The Hydro Corporation
Act, 2007”. (Bill No. 28)
4. – MR. TOM
OSBORNE (St. John's South) – To
Move:
“WHEREAS the Auditor General found there is no documentation to
support the decision to cancel the contract for Project 1-12 between Humber
Valley Paving and the Department of Transportation and Works;
AND
WHEREAS the
Auditor General did not receive a response from Humber Valley Paving to its
request for information and solicitor-client privilege for the company was not
waived;
AND
WHEREAS the
Auditor General was left with many unanswered questions following his review of
the cancellation of the contract for Project 1-12;
AND
WHEREAS a public
inquiry would allow an independent third party to require that all public and
private parties involved in the contract appear under oath to answer questions;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED
that this House urges the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador to conduct a
full investigation into Humber Valley Paving and the cancellation of Project
1-12 using a public inquiry under subsection 3(1) of the Public Inquiries Act, 2006, which states: “The Lieutenant-Governor
in Council may by order establish a commission of inquiry to inquire and report
on a matter that the Lieutenant-Governor in Council considers to be of public
concern”.”
QUESTIONS
1.
− MR. ANDREW PARSONS (Burgeo - LaPoile) – To ask the Minister of Justice and Public Safety
to lay on the Table of the House the following information:
(a) reason(s) why the Gunshot and Stab Wound Reporting Act, which was assented to on May
31, 2011, has not been proclaimed;
(b) if determined, the
date Government intends to proclaim the Gunshot
and Stab Wound Reporting Act and
(c) if produced, a
draft of the regulations associated with the Gunshot and Stab Wound Reporting Act.
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