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49th GENERAL ASSEMBLY First Session CLERK SERGEANT LAW CLERK ASSISTANT AT ARMS SPEAKER OPPOSITION GOVERNMENT HON. ELVIS LOVELESS Fisheries, Forestry MR. JIM LESTER & Agriculture MOUNT PEARL NORTH FORTUNE BAY - CAPE LA HUNE HON. SIOBHAN COADY MS. PAM PARSONS MR. TONY WAKEHAM MR. CRAIG PARDY STEPHENVILLE - Deputy Premier Deputy Speaker BONAVISTA PORT AU PORT & Finance HARBOUR GRACE - ST. JOHN’S WEST PORT DE GRAVE HON. SARAH STOODLEY MS. LELA EVANS Digital Government TORNGAT MOUNTAINS & Service NL TABLE MOUNT SCIO OF THE HOUSE MR. CHES CROSBIE HON. ANDREW FUREY HON. DEREK BENNETT Premier Environment, MR. PAUL DINN Leader of the President of Executive Council Climate Change TOPSAIL - PARADISE Official Opposition & Municipalities and Intergovernmental Affairs WINDSOR LAKE LEWISPORTE - HUMBER - GROS MORNE TWILLINGATE HON. LISA DEMPSTER HON. ANDREW PARSONS Indigenous Affairs & Reconciliation; Industry, Energy MR. BARRY PETTEN MR. PLEAMAN FORSEY Labrador Affairs; Status of Women & & Technology CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH EXPLOITS Deputy Government House Leader CARTWRIGHT & Attorney General - L’ANSE AU CLAIR BURGEO - LA POILE HON. STEVE CROCKER MR. DAVID BRAZIL MS. HELEN CONWAY Justice & Public Safety; Opposition House Leader President of MS. CAROL ANNE HALEY OTTENHEIMER CONCEPTION BAY EAST - Treasury Board & HARBOUR MAIN Government House Leader BURIN - GRAND BANK BELL ISLAND CARBONEAR - TRINITY - BAY DE VERDE HON. GERRY BYRNE HON. DERRICK BRAGG MR. JEFF DWYER Transportation MR. KEVIN PARSONS Immigration, PLACENTIA WEST - & Infrastructure CAPE ST. FRANCIS Skills & Labour BELLEVUE FOGO ISLAND CORNER BROOK - CAPE FREELS MS. ALISON COFFIN MR.CHRIS TIBBS HON. TOM OSBORNE Leader of the Third Party MR. CHRISTOPHER MITCHELMORE Education GRAND FALLS - ST. JOHN’S EAST - WATERFORD VALLEY ST. BARBE - L’ANSE AUX MEADOWS WINDSOR - BUCHANS QUIDI VIDI HON. -
Proclamation Providing for the Holding of a General Election
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR REGULATION 34/19 Prolaation Proidin for the oldin of a General lection (O.C. 2019-127) Filed April 17, 2019 ELIZABETH THE COND, b the Grae of God of the United indo, anada and er ther ealms and Territories QUEEN, ead of the omonwealth, efender of the aith JUDY M. FOOTE ANDREW PARSONS, Q.C. Lieutenant-Governor in General Attorney General TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING; A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS by Our Proclamation dated the 17th day of April, 2019, We did dissolve the Forty-Eighth General Assembly of Our Province of Newfoundland and Labrador; AND WHEREAS it is Our Will and Pleasure to summon and call a General Assembly within Our said Province and for that purpose to direct the issue of Writs of Election for a General Election of Members to serve in the House of Assembly of Our said Province; The Newfoundland and Labrador Gazette 183 April 18, 2019 Prolaation roidin for the 34/1 Holdin of a General lection AND WHEREAS under the authority of section 57 of the Elections Act, 1991 (the "Act"), We are empowered to direct the issuance of a Writ of Election for the election of Members to the House of Assembly; NOW KNOW YE that We do by this Our Proclamation direct that a Writ of Election for each of the Electoral Districts hereinafter mentioned be issued; AND WE DO further direct (1) That the last day for the nomination of candidates for the Election is Thursday, the 25th day of April, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. -
Core 1..96 Hansard
Débats de la Chambre des communes re e VOLUME 148 Ï NUMÉRO 007 Ï 1 SESSION Ï 42 LÉGISLATURE COMPTE RENDU OFFICIEL (HANSARD) Le vendredi 11 décembre 2015 Présidence de l'honorable Geoff Regan TABLE DES MATIÈRES (La table des matières quotidienne des délibérations se trouve à la fin du présent numéro.) 283 CHAMBRE DES COMMUNES Le vendredi 11 décembre 2015 La séance est ouverte à 10 heures. produits, des difficultés éprouvées et des victoires que nous avons obtenues ensemble, et je suis bien au fait des défis à relever aujourd'hui. Prière Parmi les défis auxquels ma circonscription doit faire face se trouvent les changements climatiques, dont les effets se font sentir sur tout son territoire. Le gouvernement conservateur qui nous a DISCOURS DU TRÔNE précédés a refusé de reconnaître ces réalités, mais il lui aurait suffi, Ï (1005) pour s'en convaincre, de parler aux gens de ma circonscription, qui en sont les témoins directs. Bien des habitants de régions rurales [Traduction] pourront en dire autant. Les effets des changements climatiques les REPRISE DU DÉBAT SUR L'ADRESSE EN RÉPONSE touchent à l'heure actuelle. Je pense notamment à la fonte sans La Chambre reprend l'étude, interrompue le 8 décembre, de la précédent des glaciers et des cimes enneigées. En juin dernier, à la motion portant qu'une Adresse soit présentée à Son Excellence le radio anglaise de Radio-Canada, Bob Cole, qui a toujours vécu à gouverneur général en réponse au discours qu'il a présenté lors de Port Alberni, a raconté que c'était la première fois de sa vie qu'il l'ouverture de la session, ainsi que de l'amendement. -
Second Session Forty-Eighth General Assembly
PROVINCE OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY Second Session Forty-Eighth General Assembly Proceedings of the Standing Committee on Resources May 9, 2017 - Issue 4 Department of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour Published under the authority of the Speaker of the House of Assembly Honourable Tom Osborne, MHA RESOURCE COMMITTEE Department of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour Chair: Brian Warr, MHA Vice-Chair: Kevin Parsons, MHA Members: Derrick Bragg, MHA David Brazil, MHA Jerry Dean, MHA John Finn, MHA Lorraine Michael, MHA Pam Parsons, MHA Clerk of the Committee: Sandra Barnes Appearing: Department of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour Hon. Gerry Byrne, MHA, Minister Genevieve Dooling, Deputy Minister Glenn Branton, Chief Executive Officer, Labour Relations Board Debbie Dunphy, Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services and Policy Rob Feaver, Director, Student Financial Services Bren Hanlon, Departmental Controller Gordon MacGowan, Executive Assistant Walt Mavin, Director, Employment and Training Programs Donna O’Brien, Assistant Deputy Minister, Regional Services Delivery John Tompkins, Director of Communications Also Present Ivan Morgan, Researcher, Third Party Office Jenna Shelley, Student Researcher, Official Opposition Office James Sheppard, Researcher, Official Opposition Office May 9, 2017 RESOURCE COMMITTEE The Committee met at approximately 9:05 a.m. Minister Byrne, we’ll turn it over to you for your in the House of Assembly. opening remarks. You have 15 minutes, and you can ask your staff as well to introduce CHAIR (Warr): Good Morning. themselves. Welcome, I guess to the final chapter of our Thank you, Sir. Estimates Committee meetings for Resource. Before we get underway, just some MR. BYRNE: Mr. Chair, I thank you again for housekeeping duties and they are the minutes of leaving the best for last. -
First Session Forty-Ninth General Assembly
PROVINCE OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY First Session Forty-Ninth General Assembly Proceedings of the Standing Committee on Government Services June 18, 2019 - Issue 4 Department of Finance Consolidated Fund Services Public Service Commission Published under the authority of the Speaker of the House of Assembly Honourable Perry Trimper, MHA GOVERNMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE Department of Finance, Consolidated Fund Services and Public Service Commission Chair: Pam Parsons, MHA Members: Derek Bennett, MHA Derrick Bragg, MHA Alison Coffin, MHA Elvis Loveless, MHA Loyola O’Driscoll, MHA Barry Petten, MHA Sarah Stoodley, MHA Clerk of the Committee: Elizabeth Murphy Appearing: Public Service Commission Hon. Tom Osborne, MHA, Minister Ann Chafe, Commissioner George Joyce, Interim Acting Chair/Chief Executive Officer Mike Smyth, Manager of Accountability and Certification Wanda Trickett, Departmental Coordinator Department of Finance Hon. Tom Osborne, MHA, Minister Gail Boland, Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Planning and Corporate Service Susan Elliott, Executive Assistant Denise Hanrahan, Deputy Minister Theresa Heffernan, Assistant Deputy Minister, Financial Planning & Benefits Admin. Craig Martin, Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic, Fiscal & Statistics Marc Budgell, Director of Communications Michelle Jewer, Comptroller General Wanda Trickett, Departmental Coordinator Also Present Hon. Gerry Byrne, MHA, Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources Hon. Steve Crocker, MHA, Minister of Transportation and Works Paul Lane, MHA Scott Reid, MHA Tony Wakeham, MHA Megan Drodge, Researcher, Official Opposition Office Ivan Morgan, Researcher, Third Party Office Denise Tubrett, Deputy Chief of Staff, Official Opposition Office June 18, 2019 GOVERNMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE Pursuant to Standing Order 68, Scott Reid, MS. COFFIN: Alison Coffin, St. John’s East - MHA for St. -
Third Session Forty-Eighth General Assembly
PROVINCE OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY Third Session Forty-Eighth General Assembly Proceedings of the Standing Committee on Social Services April 25, 2018 - Issue 4 Department of Children, Seniors and Social Development Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation Published under the authority of the Speaker of the House of Assembly Honourable Perry Trimper, MHA SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE Department of Children, Seniors and Social Development Chair: Carol Anne Haley, MHA Members: David Brazil, MHA Jerry Dean, MHA Betty Parsley, MHA Kevin Parsons, MHA Scott Reid, MHA Gerry Rogers, MHA Brian Warr, MHA Clerk of the Committee: Elizabeth Murphy Appearing: Department of Children, Seniors and Social Development Hon. Lisa Dempster, MHA, Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development Donna Ballard, Deputy Minister Dana English, Executive Assistant Steve French, Manager of Budgeting Derek Bennett, MHA, Parliamentary Secretary Michelle Healey, Director, Recreation and Sport Harman Khurana, Assistant Deputy Minister Vanessa Colman-Sadd, Director of Communications Wanda Trickett, Departmental Controller Susan Walsh, Assistant Deputy Minister Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation Hon. Lisa Dempster, MHA, Minister Responsible for the NLHC Glenn Goss, CEO (Interim) Jenny Bowring, Manager, Corporate Communications Heather Harding, Director Doug Jackman, Director Also Present Paul Lane, MHA Jim Lester, MHA Tracey Perry, MHA Megan Drodge, Researcher, Official Opposition Office Susan Williams, Researcher, Third Party Office April 25, 2018 SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE Pursuant to Standing Order 68, Tracey Perry, CHAIR: Thank you. MHA for Fortune Bay - Cape La Hune, substitutes for David Brazil, MHA for Minister Dempster, if you want to take a few Conception Bay East - Bell Island. minutes to provide some opening remarks and introduce your officials, of course, there’s a time Pursuant to Standing Order 68, Jim Lester, allotment of 15 minutes for this. -
Core 1..96 Hansard (PRISM::Advent3b2 17.25)
House of Commons Debates VOLUME 148 Ï NUMBER 007 Ï 1st SESSION Ï 42nd PARLIAMENT OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Friday, December 11, 2015 Speaker: The Honourable Geoff Regan CONTENTS (Table of Contents appears at back of this issue.) 283 HOUSE OF COMMONS Friday, December 11, 2015 The House met at 10 a.m. family and my community, I have a deep understanding of this place. I have witnessed the changes, the hardships, and the victories that we have faced together and the challenges that we face today. Prayer The realities of some of the challenges and issues in our riding include climate change, the effects of which are being felt right SPEECH FROM THE THRONE across my riding. The previous Conservative government refused to Ï (1005) acknowledge those realities, but all it would have had to do was talk to the folks at home who were seeing the effects first-hand. Many [English] people who live in rural communities will share the story. The effects RESUMPTION OF DEBATE ON ADDRESS IN REPLY of climate change are affecting them now. They include the historic melting of our glaciers and snowcaps. Bob Cole, a lifelong Port The House resumed from December 8 consideration of the motion Alberni resident, was on CBC Radio in June, talking about how, for for an address to His Excellency the Governor General in reply to his the first time in his life, the glacier had melted in June. speech at the opening of the session, and of the amendment. Mr. Gord Johns (Courtenay—Alberni, NDP): Mr. Speaker, before I get started, I want to inform you that I am splitting my time Increased flooding and boil water advisories are affecting with my colleague from Essex. -
Members' Attendance in the House of Assembly
Members’ Attendance in the House of Assembly Section 13 of the House of Assembly Accountability, Integrity and Administration Act requires that a Member (excluding the Premier, the Leader of the Official Opposition and the Leader of a Third Party) attend the House of Assembly when it is sitting, but outlines acceptable reasons for a Member’s absence, such as: • sickness of the Member; • adoption, pregnancy or parental leave as established by directive; • a serious illness related to the Member’s family; • bereavement; • attendance at a meeting of a committee of the House of Assembly, the Management Commission or a committee of the Commission; • attendance to duties as a Member of a caucus, attendance to constituency business, or attendance to ministerial duties; and • other circumstances as approved by the Speaker. By January 31 of each year, a Member is required to file with the Clerk a declaration under oath or affirmation of his or her attendance while the House of Assembly was sitting in the previous year. Dates of any absences and an explanation for those absences must be provided. A deduction in the amount of $200 is made from the Member’s salary for each day the Member was absent from a sitting of the House of Assembly for a reason other than those provided for in the legislation. The following table provides a summary of the attendance of all Members of the House of Assembly, including those who resigned or were elected during the reporting period January 1 to December 31, 2011. The House of Assembly had 34 sitting days during this period. -
NEWSLETTER May 2021 Covid19pandemic
Newfoundland & Labrador 50 + Federation Inc. P.O. Box 407 Glovertown, NL AOG2LO NL SO + FEDERATION NEWSLETTER May 2021 COVID19Pandemic During a pandemic, getting vaccinated is more important than ever. As more people are immunized, the risk for everyone is reduced. Vaccines are safe and effective. Getting a shot is the best way to protect yourself and others. As more people are immunized, the risk for everyone is reduced. We would like our Clubs to check with their members to insure that all have received a Vaccine. Continue to follow the public health measures to prevent spread of COVID-19, such as wearing a mask, staying at least 2 metres from others and limiting social contacts. Our Newsletters can also be viewed on the SeniorsNL web site: http://seniorsnl.ca/nl-50plus-federation/ COVtD-19 As seniors we are the most vulnerable to COVID - 19. COVID 19 has claimed millions of lives around the world, including six here in Newfoundland and Labrador. The Government goal is to have a single dose of vaccine to every eligible person who wants one by June 30,2021. The Federation encourages all Clubs not to consider any social activities until next year However, if club has any activity they should go by the Public Health Guidelines. CONGRATULATION TO HENRY KIELLEV <• Congratulation to Henry Kielley who has accepted the permanent position of Director of Seniors and Aging & Adult Protection with Department of Children, Seniors and Social Development. The Federation is very pleased with this appointment as Mr. Kielley has been acting in this position for number of years. -
PERT-Fullreport.Pdf
Table of Contents 1. Foreword ............................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................... 4 2. Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 5 3. Economic, Demographic and Social Overview ............................................................... 7 3.1 Economic Overview ....................................................................................................................... 8 3.2 Demographics Overview ............................................................................................................. 19 3.3 Social Overview ........................................................................................................................... 26 4. State of Financial Affairs ................................................................................................. 34 4.1 Debt and Deficits ......................................................................................................................... 36 4.2 Provincial Indebtedness: The True Debt ..................................................................................... 38 4.3 Pensions and Post-retirement Benefits ....................................................................................... 42 4.4 Credit Ratings ............................................................................................................................. -
Estimates of the Program Expenditure and Revenue of the Consolidated Revenue Fund 2018-19
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR ESTIMATES OF THE PROGRAM EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND 2018-19 Prepared by The Department of Finance under the direction of The Honourable Tom Osborne Minister of Finance March 27, 2018 PRESENTED TO THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY AS SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION TO THE BUDGET ADDRESS ESTIMATES OF THE PROGRAM EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND 2018-19 TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Table of Statements and Exhibits DEPARTMENTAL ESTIMATES: General Government Sector and Legislative Branch General Government Sector Consolidated Fund Services .......................................................................................................................... 1 Executive Council ........................................................................................................................................... 2 Finance........................................................................................................................................................... 3 Public Procurement Agency........................................................................................................................... 4 Public Service Commission ............................................................................................................................ 5 Service Newfoundland and Labrador ............................................................................................................. 6 Transportation and Works ............................................................................................................................. -
Estimates of the Program Expenditure and Revenue of the Consolidated Revenue Fund 2020-21
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR ESTIMATES OF THE PROGRAM EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND 2020-21 Prepared by The Department of Finance under the direction of The Honourable Siobhan Coady Minister of Finance September 30, 2020 PRESENTED TO THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY AS SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION TO THE BUDGET ADDRESS THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ESTIMATES OF THE PROGRAM EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND 2020-21 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Statements and Exhibits DEPARTMENTAL ESTIMATES: Page General Government Sector and Legislative Branch General Government Sector Consolidated Fund Services ...............................................................................................................................3 Digital Government and Service Newfoundland and Labrador.............................................................................11 Executive Council............................................................................................................................................. 23 Finance............................................................................................................................................................. 45 Public Procurement Agency..............................................................................................................................55 Public Service Commission ..............................................................................................................................59 Transportation and