No.7/2019
House of Assembly
Province of Newfoundland & Labrador
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4th Session – 48th
General Assembly
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Wednesday, April 17th,
2019
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
2.
– Committee of Supply
Third
Reading Bills
3.
– Third Reading of a Bill – “An Act To
Amend The Automobile Insurance Act”. (Bill No. 3)
(Service NL)
4. –
Third Reading of a Bill – “An Act To Amend The
Insurance Companies Act”. (Bill No. 6)
(Service NL)
Bills
Referred to Committee of the Whole
5. –
Committee of the Whole on a Bill − “An
Act Respecting The Regulation Of Real Estate Trading In The Province”. (Bill
No. 4)
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 for the Granting of Supply to Her Majesty. (Bill
No. 7)
3. −
THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY – To ask leave to
introduce a Bill entitled, “An Act Respecting Disclosure Of
Information Under An Interpersonal Violence Disclosure Protocol”. (Bill
No. 5)
4.
– MR. SCOTT REID (St. George's – Humber) – To Move:
“BE IT RESOLVED that this House of Assembly
concur in the Final Report of the Standing Committee on Privileges and
Elections on the Development of a Legislature-Specific Harassment-Free
Workplace Policy”.
5.
– THE HONOURABLE THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER – To Move:
“WHEREAS subsection 6(3) of the Independent Appointments Commission Act provides
that members of the Independent Appointments Commission are to be appointed by
the Lieutenant-Governor in Council on a resolution of the House of Assembly;
AND
WHEREAS
subsection 7(1) of the Act states that a commissioner may be reappointed;
AND
WHEREAS
the appointment of the following commissioners expires on May 25, 2019:
Clyde K. Wells,
Chairperson
Zita Cobb
Shannie
Duff
Philip R. Earle
Derek Young
AND
WHEREAS
it is proposed that the said commissioners be
reappointed as commissioners for a term of 3 years;
NOW
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
that the following persons be appointed members of the Independent Appointments
Commission for a term of 3 years:
Clyde K. Wells,
Chairperson
Zita Cobb
Shannie
Duff
Philip R. Earle
Derek Young.”
6.
– THE HONOURABLE THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER – To Move:
“WHEREAS section 3 of the Citizens' Representative Act provides
that the Citizens' Representative is to be appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor
in Council on a resolution of the House of Assembly;
NOW
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
that Mr. Bradley Moss is to be appointed as the Citizens' Representative
effective May 1, 2019.”
7.
– MR. SCOTT REID (St. George's – Humber) – To Move:
“BE IT RESOLVED that this House of Assembly
concur in the Report of the Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections on a
Point of Privilege Raised Against the Member for Terra
Nova Respecting the Release of Reports of the Commissioner for Legislative
Standards.”
8.
– MR. NEIL KING (Bonavista) – To Move:
“WHEREAS
the
Leader of the Opposition has finally admitted that the problems we have faced
as a Province over the last 4 years were inherited from the previous
administration;
AND
WHEREAS
the projected deficit for the year 2016-2017 was projected to be $2.7 billion
if no action was taken, making it the largest deficit in the Province's
history;
AND
WHEREAS despite
the fiscal situation we found ourselves in when forming office we have
drastically reduced our provincial deficit;
AND
WHEREAS
Government spending throughout the former PC administration increased by over
fifty percent despite a decline in oil revenue;
AND
WHEREAS
our Government has stabilized spending to a manageable level, reduced our
reliance on oil, and diversified the economy;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED that
this Honourable House supports the fiscal and
economic plan for the Province as laid out in Budget 2019.”
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