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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. I will try not to use my May 8. I’d certainly ask someone to move the full 15 minutes because I think that questions minutes of that particular meeting. would be more valuable and more pertinent, but I do want to say thank you to the Committee for MR. DEAN: So moved. the opportunity to appear before them on Estimates. CHAIR: So moved by MHA Dean. Before I begin, I would like to introduce this Thank you. esteemed and august cast of characters that have assembled with me, beginning with myself, On motion, minutes adopted as circulated. Gerry Byrne, Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and now Labour. Since the last Estimates CHAIR: I’d like to welcome everybody this meeting the Labour portfolio has been added to morning. Before we get underway, I’ll ask my portfolio, and that’s been very, very probably Mr. Brazil on the Committee side to interesting and quite a task but still, at the same introduce themselves, and then I’ll turn it back time, it’s something I’ve really enjoyed taking over to the minister to introduce his department on as well. as well. With me, Mr. Chair, colleagues, is Genevieve Mr. Brazil. Dooling, my Deputy Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour. Gig, if you could MR. BRAZIL: David Brazil, MHA, take now and just walk through – we’ll ask Conception Bay East – Bell Island. everyone to introduce themselves, Mr. Chair, with your indulgence. MR. SHEPPARD: James Sheppard, Research, Official Opposition. MS. DOOLING: I’m Genevieve Dooling, the Deputy Minister of Advanced Education, Skills MS. SHELLEY: Jenna Shelley, Research and Labour. Student, Official Opposition. MR. HANLON: Bren Hanlon, Departmental MS. MICHAEL: Lorraine Michael, MHA, St. Controller, Advanced Education, Skills and John’s East – Quidi Vidi. Labour. MR. MORGAN: Ivan Morgan, Research, NDP MS. DUNPHY: Debbie Dunphy, Assistant caucus. Deputy Minister of Corporate Services and Policy. MR. BRAGG: Derrick Bragg, MHA, Fogo Island – Cape Freels. MS. O’BRIEN: Donna O’Brien, Assistant Deputy Minister of Regional Services. MR. DEAN: Jerry Dean, MHA, Exploits. MR. MAVIN: Walt Mavin, Director of MR. FINN: John Finn, Stephenville – Port au Employment and Training Programs. Port. MR. TOMPKINS: John Tompkins, Director of CHAIR: My name is Brian Warr, and I’m the Communications. MHA for Baie Verte – Green Bay. 144 May 9, 2017 RESOURCE COMMITTEE MR. MACGOWAN: Gord MacGowan, I’d like to say that the addition or the inclusion Minister Byrne’s Executive Assistant. of the Labour Relations in to the department has been a tremendous asset and they and their skills MR. FEAVER: Rob Feaver, Director of of that particular team have advanced the Student Financial Services. department’s overall acumen and capacity tremendously, and I truly appreciate the fact of MR. BRANTON: Glenn Branton, CEO of the the professionalism that they have brought to us Labour Relations Board. and with us. MR. BYRNE: Thank you very much, Mr. We launched, Mr. Chair, The Way Forward on Chair, for this opportunity again. immigration in Newfoundland and Labrador just recently. This is the province’s new Immigration As you can tell, we have a very esteemed group Action Plan. It’s based on engagement, of individuals that will be able to – any partnership and collaboration, and details the questions that I may require some additional steps all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians can assistance with in terms of providing a full and take to increase immigration and improve complete answer I’ll occasionally call on immigrant retention. officials to be able to do so with your indulgence. We also announced two minimum wage increases, Mr. Chair. The first of which has I want to say thank you again to the Committee. already come into effect, which will bring our Each and every one of us I’m sure and confident minimum wage raise to $11 per hour by October are very much aware that the Department of of this year. This brings us in line with other Advanced Education, Skills and Labour touches Atlantic Canadian provinces. We also held a the lives of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians series of consultations throughout the province on many levels every day, whether that’s to identify the most appropriate way for through skills training, student financial Newfoundland and Labrador to index its assistance, labour relations or various social and minimum wage. Workers, employers, labour and economic supports. The objective of this business organizations, and anti-poverty and department is to help people. We are guided by student advocacy groups all provided their input the philosophy that we should do everything through this consultation process. possible to meet our commitments in The Way Forward to enable people to live independent In The Way Forward the provincial government and fulfilling lives. committed to modernizing the College of the North Atlantic so its network of campuses We want to ensure that only the best of services throughout the province can be better served as and programs are offered to Newfoundlanders economic generators and community hubs to and Labradorians to help them achieve support entrepreneurship, innovation, research employment and independence. Given the width and development. We engaged the College of and breadth across the department with an the North Atlantic to conduct an expansive responsibility for social and economic uncompromising review of its critical issues and development, resources are shared across future opportunities. CNA’s leadership did this divisions, always guided by the goal of being in great detail, providing a frank and honest more responsive in the development and examination, as well as outlining a clear plan for delivery of programs and services. modernization. We will continue to work closely with CNA to ensure that the next steps in its I would like to take a moment to highlight some modernization plan are taken and they notable developments over the past year. For effectively address the critical issues identified. example, the former Labour Relations Agency was incorporated into the department, a natural We also convened the Council on Higher link in my opinion given the department’s focus Education, which will identify opportunities for on learning, working and supporting individuals increased collaboration and sharing of resources and employers in building a strong workforce between Memorial University of Newfoundland and a more diverse economy. and the College of the North Atlantic. Areas of 145 May 9, 2017 RESOURCE COMMITTEE interest include international recruitment and As a government, we have been required to find retention, administrative processes, research, efficiencies wherever possible throughout our contract training, the marine and agricultural programs and services due to the fiscal situation. sectors as the two in particular and opportunities Regardless of the fiscal situation we are facing, to expand training in Labrador. it is just responsible and reasonable to do so. We will continue to find ways to do things better and In consideration of some of the specific budget more efficiently while still providing the best highlights, the Department of Advanced services to residents of Newfoundland and Education, Skills and Labour is responsible for Labrador. $870.7 million of the provincial budget. This is about 10.5 per cent of the entire provincial Mr. Chair, I thank you for allowing me this budget. Through cost-saving measures such as opportunity to make these opening remarks and zero-based budgeting and adopting a new I’d be very happy to take questions concerning management structure, this represents a savings the department’s budget Estimates. over previous years of $5.3 million. CHAIR: Thank you, Mr. Byrne. Budget 2017 investments include $316 million to Memorial University, not including its Just before we get started, for those who are medical school; $56.4 million of which is answering questions, just state your name. If provided with the expectation the Board of Minister Byrne passes a question on to someone Regents will maintain the tuition freeze for else, just state your name, wait for your tally Newfoundland and Labrador students; $89.1 light to come on and go ahead with your answer.
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