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2021 Government Services Committee Report to the House of Assembly June 10,2021

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Government Service Committee Members:

Paul Pike. Burin - Grand Bank (Chair) Scott Reid, St. George’s - I-lumber LiLcyStoyles. Mount Pearl North . Bale Verte - Green Bay (Chair, pro tet;i, June 4) Loyola O’Driscoll. Ferryland (Vice-Chair) . Torngat Mountains Jordan Brown. Labrador West

Appointed by motion May 31. 2021.

List of substitutions:

June 4,2021

Craig Pardy. Bonavista substituted forLoyola ODriscoll. Ferryland Tony Wakeham, Stephenville - Port au Port substituted for Lela Evans, Torngat Mouniains Hon. Tom Osborne. Waterford Valley substituled for , Burin - Grand Bank

Hon. John Hogan, Winsor Lake substituted for Scott Reid. St. George’s - Ilumber

June 7, 2021

Hon. Andrew Parsons. Burgeo - La Poile substituted ForScott Reid, St. George’s - I-lumber Barn Petten. Conception Bay South substituted for Loyola ODriscoll. Ferryland Hon. John Abbott, St. John’s East - Quidi Vidi substituted for Brian Warr. Bale Verte - Green Bay Tony Wakeham. Stephenville - Port au Port substituted for Lela Evans. Tomgat Mountains

June 10, 2021

Sherry Gambin-Walsh, Placentia - St. Mary’s substituied for . Mount Pearl North , St. John’s Centre substituted for Jordan Brown, Labrador West Government Services Committee Report to the House of Assembly June 10, 2021

Speaker,

Pursuant to the motion of referral of May 31, 2021 and in accordance with Standing Order 72, the Government Services Committee met on 3 occasions: June 4,7 and 10, 2021.

The Government Services Committee have considered the matters to them referred and, pursuant to Standing Order 75(2), have directed me to report that they have passed without amendment the estimates of:

Consolidated Fund Services; the Department of Digital Government and Service NL; the Department of Finance; the Public Procurement Agency; the Public Service Commission; and the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, and recommend that the report be concurred in.

Respectftilly submitted,

Paul Pike, MHA Burin-Grand Bank Chair Government Services Committee Report to the House of Assembly June 10,2021

Appendix

Witnesses (officials) who appeared at each meeting:

June 4,2021

Department of Finance and Consolidated Fund Services: Hon. Siobhan Coady, St. John’s West Theresa Heffernan, Assistant Deputy Minister, Financial Planning & Benefits Admin. Michelle Jewer, Secretary to Treasury Board Tom Nemec, Manager of Capital Markets & Financial Assistance Diana Quinton, Director of Communications Paul Smith, Deputy Minister Doug Trask, Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic, Fiscal & Statistics Wanda Trickett, Departmental Controller Keith White, Executive Assistant

Public Service Commission: Hon. Siobhan Coady, St. John’s West George Joyce, Chair/Chief Executive Officer (A) Diana Quinton, Director of Communications Robert Simmons, Commissioner Mike Smyth, Manager of Accountability and Certification Wanda Trickett, Departmental Controller Keith White, Executive Assistant

June 7,2021

Department of Transportation and Infrastructure: Hon. , Fortune Bay - Cape La Hune John Baker, Assistant Deputy Minister, Marine and Air Services Greg Butler, Budget Manager Greg Clarke, Assistant Deputy Minister, Infrastructure Joe Dunford, Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations Tracy English, Assistant Deputy Minster, Strategic Corporate Services Cory Grandy, Deputy Minister Patrick Morrissey, Departmental Controller Brian Scott, Director of Communications

Public Procurement Agency: Hon. Elvis Loveless, Fortune Bay - Cape La Hune Heather Tizzard, Chief Procurement Officer

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June 10,2021

Department of Digital Government and Service NL: Hon. , Gail Boland, Assistant Deputy Minister, Digital Government and Services Sean Dutton, Deputy Minister Dave Heffernan, Associate Deputy Minister Scott Jones, Assistant Deputy Minister, Regulatory Affairs Bonnie Steele, Departmental Controller

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