No.32/2016
House of Assembly
Province of Newfoundland & Labrador
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1st Session – 48th
General Assembly
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Thursday, May 26th,
2016
ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS
(a) Statements by Members
(a)(i)
Honour 100
(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
2. – Committee of Supply
Third Reading Bills
3.
– Third Reading of a Bill − “An Act To Amend The College Act, 1996”. (Bill No. 29)
(Advanced
Education and Skills)
Second Reading Bills
4. –
Second Reading of a Bill − “An Act To Amend The Revenue Administration
Act No. 6”. (Bill No. 23)
(Finance and
President of Treasury Board)
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 Personal Income. (Bill No. 13)
4. − 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 a Deficit Reduction Levy on Taxable Income. (Bill No. 14)
5. − 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 Insurance Premiums. (Bill No. 19)
6. − 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. 22)
7.
— 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
No. 5”. (Bill No. 17)
8.
— THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND PRESIDENT OF TREASURY BOARD – To
ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, “An Act To Amend The Pensions
Funding Act And The Teachers' Pensions Act”. (Bill No. 28)
9.
— THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF SERVICE NL – To ask leave to introduce a Bill
entitled, “An Act To Amend The Co-operatives Act”.
(Bill No. 30)
10.
— THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION AND MINISTER
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LABOUR RELATIONS AGENCY– To ask leave to introduce a Bill
entitled, “An Act To Amend The Labour Standards Act”.
(Bill No. 31)
11.
— THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY – To Move:
“WHEREAS
the Lieutenant Governor in Council appointed a tribunal under section 28 of the
Provincial Court Act, 1991 to make
recommendations on the salaries and benefits of judges and the chief judge;
AND WHEREAS the tribunal submitted its
recommendations to the Minister of Justice and Public Safety on December 21,
2015;
AND WHEREAS the Newfoundland and
Labrador Provincial Court Judges Salary and Benefits Tribunal Report was tabled
in this Honourable House on March 17, 2016 as
required by section 28.2 of the Act;
AND WHEREAS the House of Assembly is
required to approve, vary or reject the report within the period of time
referred to in that section;
AND WHEREAS Government has decided to
ask this Honourable House to accept all but one of
the recommendations of the tribunal as contained in its report of December 21,
2015;
AND WHEREAS Government has decided to
ask this Honourable House to reject one of the
recommendations;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House accept the recommendations of the 2015
Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Court Judges Salary and Benefits Tribunal
set out in Schedule A;
AND THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House reject the recommendation set out in
Schedule B for the reasons given;
AND THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that the recommendations of the Tribunal that this Honourable
House accepts and rejects, as set out in Schedules A and B, be implemented
effective April 1, 2013”.
12.
— THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY – To Move:
“WHEREAS subsection 6(3) of the Independent Appointments Commission Act provides that 5 members are
to be appointed to an Independent Appointments Commission by the
Lieutenant-Governor in Council on a resolution of the House of Assembly;
AND
WHEREAS subsection 6(4) of the Act provides that the
Lieutenant-Governor in Council designate one of the
members of the commission to be chairperson;
NOW
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the following persons be appointed
members of the Independent Appointments Commission:
Clyde
K. Wells, Chairperson
M.
Zita Cobb
Shannie Duff
Philip
R. Earle
Derek
Young”.
13. − 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, May 26th, 2016.
14. − 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, May 26th, 2016.
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