No.37/2014
House of Assembly
Province of Newfoundland & Labrador
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3rd Session 47th
General Assembly
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Wednesday, June 4th,
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
Third Reading Bills
1.
Third Reading of a Bill − An Act To Amend The Mineral Act. (Bill No.
15)
(Natural
Resources)
Bills Referred to Committee of the Whole
2.
Committee of the Whole on a Bill −
An Act To Amend The Labour Relations Act.
(Bill No. 22) (Service NL)
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
Raising of Loans by the Province. (Bill No. 23) (Progress)
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 GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER 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 June 24,
2014;
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.
4. MR.
WADE VERGE (Lewisporte) To Move:
WHEREAS our Province is unique in Canada in having its principal
population base connected to its neighbours, not by
land links, but by marine services;
AND
WHEREAS the
Federal Government is constitutionally obligated under the Terms of Union to
maintain the Gulf ferry service;
AND
WHEREAS
following our Province's entry into Confederation in 1949, the Federal
Government enacted the Trans-Canada
Highway Act to spearhead the completion of the TCH to give all members of
the federation the benefit of a truly national highway to facilitate the flow
of people and goods freely and fairly throughout the federation;
AND
WHEREAS it is
unacceptable to view the Gulf ferry service as anything less than an essential
and integral component of the Trans-Canada Highway and the National Highway
System;
AND
WHEREAS the
cost-recovery and scheduling policies of the federal Crown corporation Marine
Atlantic have served to impede the flow of people and to undermine the free
trade of goods to and from our Province;
AND
WHEREAS the
Federal Government should be sensitive to the impacts of higher Marine Atlantic
prices and fewer crossings on our province's tourism industry and on the costs
of living and doing business in our Province relative to the costs in other
provinces;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED
that this Honourable House calls on the Federal
Government to direct and enable Marine Atlantic to reduce user prices and
restore transit frequency on the Gulf ferry service.
5.
− THE HONOURABLE THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER To Move pursuant to
Standing Order 11 that the House not adjourn at 5:30 o'clock p.m. on Thursday, June
5th, 2014.
6. − THE HONOURABLE THE GOVERNMENT
HOUSE LEADER To
Move pursuant to Standing Order 11 that the House not adjourn at 10:00 o'clock
p.m. on Thursday, June 5th, 2014.
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