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HANSARD 12-04 DEBATES and PROCEEDINGS Speaker HANSARD 12-04 DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS Speaker: Honourable Gordon Gosse Published by Order of the Legislature by Hansard Reporting Services and printed by the Queen's Printer. Available on INTERNET at http://nslegislature.ca/index.php/proceedings/hansard/ Fourth Session TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE GOVERNMENT MOTIONS: Res. 1, re Estimates - Comm. of Whole House on Supply, Hon. G. Steele ......................................................................................................147 Ms. D. Whalen .....................................................................................................160 Adjourned debate .....................................................................................164 PRESENTING AND READING PETITIONS: Health & Wellness - Inverness Cons. Mem. Hosp.: Emergency Surgery - Restore, Mr. A. MacMaster ..............................................165 TABLING REPORTS, REGULATIONS AND OTHER PAPERS: Addt’l. Appropriations, OIC (03/30/12), Hon. G. Steele ......................................................................................................165 STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS: Health & Wellness - IWK/Youth Mental Health Changes, Hon. Maureen MacDonald...................................................................................166 2 ORAL QUESTIONS PUT BY MEMBERS: No. 1, Health & Wellness: IWK Youth Mental Health Workers - Cuts, Hon. S. McNeil ....................................................................................................170 No. 2, Prem.: HST - Pre-Election Promises, Hon. J. Baillie ......................................................................................................171 No. 3, Prem. - Fin. Min.: Dept. - Reduce, Hon. S. McNeil ....................................................................................................173 No. 4, Prem.: HST Promises - Trustworthiness, Ms. D. Whalen .....................................................................................................174 No. 5, Health & Wellness - Inverness Hosp.: Emerg. Surgery - Elimination, Mr. A. MacMaster ........................................................................175 No. 6, ERDT - Hfx. Shipyard Loans: Funding - Source, Mr. G. MacLellan ................................................................................................177 No. 7, Energy - Green Energy: Cost-Benefits - Study, Mr. C. Porter ........................................................................................................178 No. 8, ERDT - Irving Shipyard: Private Capital - Accessibility, Mr. G. MacLellan ................................................................................................179 No. 9, ERDT - Irving Loan: Advice - Source, Hon. J. Baillie ......................................................................................................181 No. 10, Health & Wellness - IWK: Children/Youth Wait Lists - Changes, Mr. L. Glavine ...................................................................................182 No. 11, Com. Serv. - Talbot House: Closure - Explain, Ms. K. Regan .......................................................................................................183 No. 12, Educ. - East. Passage HS: Board - Circumvention, Mr. E. Orrell .........................................................................................................184 No. 13, Youth: Educ. Cuts - Min. Reverse, Mr. Z. Churchill ...................................................................................................185 No. 14, Fish. & Aquaculture: Aquaculture Moratorium - Scientific Info., Mr. A. MacLeod ......................................................................187 GOVERNMENT BUSINESS: PUBLIC BILLS FOR SECOND READING: No. 1, Status of the Artist Act, Hon. D. Wilson ........................................................................................189 Mr. H. Theriault .......................................................................................190 Hon. C. d’Entremont ................................................................................191 Ms. P. Birdsall..........................................................................................192 Ms. K. Regan ...........................................................................................194 Ms. L. Zann ..............................................................................................196 Ms. D. Whalen .........................................................................................200 Mr. L. Preyra ............................................................................................204 Hon. D. Wilson ........................................................................................207 Vote - Affirmative........................................................................207 3 ADJOURNMENT: MOTION UNDER RULE 5(5): Health & Wellness: IWK Youth Mental Health - Funding, Mr. L. Glavine..........................................................................................208 Hon. Maureen MacDonald.......................................................................210 Hon. C. d’Entremont ................................................................................212 ADJOURNMENT, House rose to meet again on Wed., Apr. 4th at 2:00 p.m. ............................215 NOTICES OF MOTION UNDER RULE 32(3): Res. 65, MacQueen, Lorraine - Hantsport Vol. of Yr. (2012), Mr. C. Porter ........................................................................................................216 HALIFAX, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2012 Sixty-first General Assembly Fourth Session 2:00 P.M. SPEAKER Hon. Gordon Gosse DEPUTY SPEAKERS Ms. Becky Kent, Mr. Leo Glavine, Mr. Alfie MacLeod MR. SPEAKER: Order, please. As it is our tradition on Budget Day, we will commence with the motion for Resolution No. 1, respecting the estimates. The honourable Minister of Finance. (Applause) HON. GRAHAM STEELE: Mr. Speaker, pursuant to a notice of motion given by me on March 30, 2012, and the Rules and Forms of Procedure of the House of Assembly, I have the honour, by command, to present a message from Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Nova Scotia, relating to the Estimates of Sums required for the service of the province for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013, which is: 147 148 ASSEMBLY DEBATES TUE., APR. 3, 2012 “I hereby transmit Estimates of Sums required for the Public Service of the province, for the year ending March 31, 2013, and in accordance with the Constitution Act, 1867, recommend them together with the Budget Address of my Minister of Finance and any resolutions or bills necessary or advisable to approve the estimates and implement the budget measures to the House of Assembly. Signed, Mayann Francis Lieutenant Governor April 3, 2012” Mr. Speaker, at this time I wish to: (1) table the message from Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor transmitting the Estimates of Sums required for the consideration of this House; (2) table the Estimate Books; (3) table the government business plan; (4) table the Crown Corporation business plans; (5) table the Estimate and Crown Corporation business plans resolutions; (6) deliver my Budget Speech; and (7) move that the Estimates of Sums required for the service of the province for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013, being supply to be granted to Her Majesty and the Crown Corporation Business Plans to be referred to the Committee of the Whole House on Supply. MR. SPEAKER: The documents are tabled. The honourable Minister of Finance. MR. STEELE: Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to introduce Budget 2012 - a budget built on fiscal discipline. A budget that stays the course while protecting health care and education. A budget that supports the game-changing opportunities that lie in front of us after an historic year for Nova Scotia. TUE., APR. 3, 2012 ASSEMBLY DEBATES 149 Budget 2012 continues us on a smooth path back to balance next year, in 2013, exactly as we said we would when we laid out our plan in 2010. This government is sticking to its plan because the plan is working. (Applause) Our plan is working for families in need of better care sooner. Our plan is working to create good jobs and grow the economy. Our plan puts kids and learning first. Our plan is working to ensure that this province is able to live within its means. As I said last year, there are no magic wands, no silver bullets, no quick fixes on the path back to balance. There is only a good plan, hard work, and sustained discipline. That is what Budget 2012 delivers. (Applause) M. le Président, le budget de 2012 est basé sur la discipline financière. Il s’agit d’un budget qui reste sur la bonne voie tout en protégeant les soins de santé et l’éducation. Il s’agit d’un budget qui appuie les possibilités à l’horizon, qui apporteront de grands changements après une année historique pour la Nouvelle-Écosse. Living Within Our Means: Back to Balance Mr. Speaker, previous governments put Nova Scotia on an unsustainable path to a $1.4 billion deficit and $16 billion in debt. There was a problem with their mindset, their methodology, and their math. And that’s why they left a financial mess behind. In contrast, our four-year Back to Balance plan was developed in close consultation with Nova Scotians and reflects their values and priorities. Nova Scotians understand the value of living within our means, of passing along a positive legacy to the next generation, and of looking out for one another. That is why we will succeed. Getting
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