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Province of Newfoundland and Labrador

49th General Assembly - 1st Session - 2019-2020

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ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY

Artificial intelligence systems—House to support the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Canada in expanding Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) to include artificial intelligence systems and urging government to investigate expanding provincial privacy legislation to include protections for the use of individuals' personal information by public and private sector organizations as it relates to artificial intelligence

Notice of motion

Stoodley, 1408

Moved

Stoodley, 1462–1463

Debate

Coffin, 1471–1473

Conway Ottenheimer, 1478–1480

Dinn, P., 1475–1478

Haggie, 1473–1475

Petten, 1466–1468

Stoodley, 1463–1466 , 1480–1481

Trimper, 1468–1471

Motion—Carried, 1481

Does Premier accept the Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour's denial that privacy breach had occurred

Crosbie, 379

Parsons, A., 379

Given that employees' rights have been illegally breached, why does minister continue to wash his hands of this matter and when is he going to stand up and protect workers' rights against gross abuse

Byrne, 2306

Dwyer, 2306

How does minister believe that Labour Relations Board can investigate itself

Byrne, 2305

Dinn, P., 2304–2305

Statutory review of the act conducting consultations

Coffin, 3079

Conway Ottenheimer, 3079

Crocker, 3078–3079

What is minister going to do to protect employees

Byrne, 2305–2306

Dwyer, 2305

Why does minister feel that he should not be involved in some way in ensuring that the independent investigation gets done

Byrne, 2305

Dinn, P., 2305

Will minister commit to introducing an amendment to the Labour Relations Act to reinstate automatic card certification, which was removed in 2014, so that workers who want to unionize are protected

Byrne, 2351

Coffin, 2351

ADDRESS IN REPLY. See Speech from the Throne

ADULT DENTAL CARE. See Health care

ADULT PROTECTION ACT. See Children, Seniors and Social Development

ADVANCE 2030. See Natural Resources

ADVANCED EDUCATION, SKILLS AND LABOUR

College of the North Atlantic

Why was Labrador West once again denied a personal care attendance program, despite the urgent need of residents

Brown, 1459

Davis, 1459

Congratulating high school graduates

Dinn, J., 1896

Pardy, 1896

Warr, 1895–1896

Inuit Bachelor of Education

Will Dept. of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour encourage the development of programs similar to the Inuit Bachelor of Education program for other Indigenous groups to promote reconciliation and empowerment

Ball, 2160

Dinn, J., 2160

Labour

COVID-19

Will minister better protect workers and table changes to the Labour Standards and Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Acts

Coffin, 1903–1904

Fourteen months after the private member's motion asking the House to support consultations on how to avoid protracted work stoppages, what is the status of that work

Brown, 584

Davis, 584

Is department working on changes to the Labour Standards Act legislation

Dinn, P., 1967

Mitchelmore, 1967

Is government willing to work towards labour legislation reforms to bring in anti-replacement worker legislation and bring back automatic certification legislation

Davis, 2880

Urging government to bring forward amendments to the Labour Relations Act to impose binding arbitration-when only one of the two parties makes application-in cases where strikes or lockouts are prolonged, where collective bargaining has failed or when it is in the public interest to do so; and bring forward amendments to the Labour Relations Act to ban the use of replacement workers

Brown, 1497–1498 , 2168–2169

Davis, 1498

What is minister doing to address issue of current legislation in the Labour Standards Act requiring people of a certain timeline and temporary layoffs to be terminated

Dinn, P., 1966

Mitchelmore, 1966–1967

What measures has minister taken to control the expected influx of workers to Labrador this summer, who could potentially spread the virus to local communities

Dinn, J., 1815

Haggie, 1815

Who has deemed over 50 out-of-province workers essential, and could the work not be done by Newfoundlanders and Labradorians

Brazil, 1812

Crocker, 1812–1813

Why doesn't Premier abide by recommendations made seven years ago by the industrial inquiry into the lengthy Voisey's Bay strike

Brown, 584

Davis, 584

Will government bring in anti-replacement workers and bring back automatic certification legislation

Brown, 2880

Davis, 2880

Will minister better protect workers and table changes to the Labour Standards and Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Acts

Coffin, 1903–1904

Mitchelmore, 1904

Will minister commit to a review of the Labour Standards Act to remove archaic and unfair provisions

Brown, 1008

Mitchelmore, 1008–1009

Will Minister of Labour protect our workers from multinational companies' union-busting tactics to bring forward anti-replacement legislation

Brown, 2159

Mitchelmore, 2159–2160

Will Minister of Labour work with the Federation of Labour to make the changes to labour standards and workers' compensation legislation stipulated by the federal government as a condition of their budgetary contribution to our province

Coffin, 2159

Mitchelmore, 2159

Will Premier introduce a concurrent review of the Labour Standards Act and Labour Relations Act to ensure that all workers in this province are protected

Brown, 2879

Davis, 2879

Literacy

Government highlights partnership-driven adult literacy action plan

Dinn, J., 935

Dinn, P., 934–935

Mitchelmore, 934

Memorial University

COVID-19

What contingency plans are in place to get Memorial University faculty and staff home

Davis, 1706

Dinn, P., 1705

What update has minister received from the university on how to deal with students working and studying abroad

Davis, 1705

Dinn, P., 1705

What, if any, courses are going to be dropped or what changes to the provincial curriculum are being considered

Dinn, J., 2015–2016

Funding

How can minister continue to believe that decade-old spending levels are acceptable for faculty, staff and especially students

Davis, 1665

Dinn, P., 1665

How can we maintain the reputation of a quality educational facility when we continue to make cuts

Davis, 1666

Dinn, P., 1665

How does minister expect university to maintain current programming levels and tuition freeze with millions more in cuts

Davis, 1665

Dinn, P., 1664

School of Nursing

What is government's plan to deal with serious concerns regarding cramped building with rodent problem at School of Nursing

Davis, 386–387

Dinn, P., 386

What is government's plan to deal with troubling concerns at School of Nursing

Davis, 387

Dinn, P., 387

Office closures

Can displaced client service officers utilize phone and technology at the College of the North Atlantic in Bonavista to service clients in that area

Davis, 1457–1458

Pardy, 1457

Could minister review his decision to close the Bonavista office and the cost of savings of this closure against the severe downgrading of service

Davis, 1458

Pardy, 1458

Paradigm Hyperloop Group

Minister congratulates team

Coffin, 515

Davis, 514

Dinn, P., 515

Post-secondary

Acknowlegding graduates

Coffin, 196

Davis, 195

Dinn, P., 195–196

Are there any distinct plans in place to bring home staff from post-secondary institutions

Davis, 1706

Dinn, P., 1706

What contingency plans are in place to get Memorial University faculty and staff home

Davis, 1706

Dinn, P., 1705

What is being done to expedite post-secondary students' programs

Dinn, P., 2065

Mitchelmore, 2065

Protection of privacy

Does Premier accept the Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour's denial that privacy breach had occurred

Crosbie, 379

Parsons, A., 379

Provincial Student Loans Program

Coffin, 2111–2112

Dinn, P., 2111

Mitchelmore, 2111

Skills Development Program

Urging government to look at the Skills Development Program, to recognize that these programs can be restrictive and, as a result, outcomes are limited

Dinn, P., 616

Davis, 1550–1551

Dinn, P., 616 , 1550

WorldSkills 2019

Minister congratulates competitor Evan Rideout

Brown, 735–736

Dinn, P., 735

Mitchelmore, 735

AGENCIES, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

How does Minister justify directing all Agencies, Boards and Commissions, which would include The Rooms, to manage their budgets and reduce spending, with The Rooms going over budget by $1.5 million in 2018-2019

Davis, 1344

Wakeham, 1344

What changes will government implement to employment contracts for executives in high-powered positions, not just for Nalcor, but for all agencies, boards and commissions, to ensure that there are consequences for those who fail in their duties and responsibilities

Coady, 1308

Lane, 1308

What direction is being given to employees of core government agencies, boards and commissions to ingrain the mindset to support local business at every opportunity

Lane, 1933

Osborne, 1933

Will minister bring in initiatives to bring certain boards and agencies under departments with an expected savings of hundreds of millions of dollars

Coady, 2801

Joyce, 2800–2801

AGRICULTURE. See Fisheries, Forestry, and Agriculture

AKER

Ice Risk Assessment of Qajaq W

Crocker, 946

AMBULANCE. See Health care

ANIMAL HEALTH AND PROTECTION ACT (AMDT.) (BILL 39)

Notice of motion

Byrne, 1974

First reading, 2053

Second reading

Byrne, 2100–2104 , 2178–2180

Dinn, J., 2175–2177

Lane, 2105

Lester, 2104–2105

Trimper, 2105–2106 , 2173–2175

Committee

Byrne, 2181 , 2182 , 2183 , 2184 , 2185–2189

Dinn, J., 2187 , 2188 , 2189

Lester, 2181 , 2182–2183 , 2184 , 2185 , 2186 , 2187

Third reading, 2192

Royal Assent, 2193

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS FOR WHICH NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN

Children, Seniors and Social Development

Recreation

No funding cuts to recreation this year

Dempster, 265

Cost of living

Price gouging

Stoodley, 3146

Digital Government and Service NL

Highway enforcement officers

Additional information concerning

Stoodley, 3012

Finance

Interim Supply

Clarifications between appropriations and cash

Coady, 2244

Minimum wage

Terms of reference clearly stated in backgrounder

Mitchelmore, 947

Fisheries and Land Resources

Aquaculture

Cost of legal fees and other resources to help fight court cases related to environmental assessments of aquaculture projects

Bragg, 1549

Health care

Cataract surgery

Number of ophthalmologists in province performing cataract surgery

Haggie, 1233

Prostate

Prostate-specific antigen testing criteria

Haggie, 527–528

Immigration

Davis, 448

Indigenous Affairs

Innu children in care

Funding provided to Nunatsiavut government to hire new two social workers and working to reduce wait times

Dempster, 947

Industry, Energy and Technology

Search Minerals

No commercial processing presently occurring

Parsons, A., 3091

Justice and Public Safety

Restorative justice

Details on adult diversion program, electronic monitoring program, and Drug Treatment Court

Warr, 1671

Municipal Affairs and Environment

Emergency services

Description of events concerning man who passed away during a hunting trip

Warr, 1010–1011

Ragged Beach

Clarification regarding water resources permit

Bragg, 1095

Wabush Airport

Issue is between federal and local governments, with fire commissioner involved in hopefully finding resolution

Bragg, 1974

Premier's Office

Lack of conflict of interest with Premier and potential negotiations with the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association

Haggie, 3011–3012

Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation

Broadband

Cell service in District of Ferryland

Parsons, A., 3273

The Rooms

Compensation of Chief Executive Officer

Davis, 1183

Transportation and Works

Bridges

Department of Municipal Affairs and Environment is working with town who will apply on next round of applications

Dempster, 528

Highways/roads

Infrastructure spending in District of Exploits

Bragg, 3011

APOLOGIES. See House of Assembly

APPEAL BOARD OF FISH HARVESTERS CERTIFICATION BOARD

2019 Annual Report and 2020-2022 Activity Plan

Loveless, 2414–2415

AQUACULTURE. See Fisheries and Land Resources

ARNOLD'S COVE

Birthdays/Anniversaries

100th—Wareham, Jessie

Dwyer, 1921

Icewater Seafoods—Commending Alberto Wareham as benchmark for businessmen in the province

Dwyer, 2726

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS. See Access to Information and Protection of Privacy

ATLANTIC ACCORD. See also Bill C-69

Comments on

Crosbie, 453 , 455–457

Does Bill C-69 represent a violation of the joint management principle established by the Accord

Ball, 197

Crosbie, 196

How can an arbitration clause in Hibernia dividend agreement be used to resolve disputes over changes to the 1985 Accord

Ball, 336

Crosbie, 335

How can Premier ask for more money, given that federal minister had forced Premier into agreement that failed to review the Atlantic Accord offset payments and required him not to complain

Ball, 1086–1087

Crosbie, 1086

How does Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board representation on the review tribunal give the province a greater voice and prevent the weakening of joint management

Ball, 439

Crosbie, 438–439

How much has government budgeted to convince Newfoundlanders and Labradorians that watering down the Accord is good for them and won't cost jobs

Ball, 1087

Crosbie, 1087

Is government willing to support a motion to affirm the principles of the Atlantic Accord and the principle of joint management of offshore oil and gas resources

Ball, 334–335

Crosbie, 334

Is Premier concerned about the precedent that has been set

Ball, 437

Crosbie, 437

Is Premier willing to give favourable consideration to a motion to affirm the principles of the Atlantic Accord

Ball, 335

Crosbie, 335

Is there a secret amendment to the Atlantic Accord

Ball, 438

Crosbie, 438

Urging Government of Newfoundland and Labrador to admonish the House of Commons and Senate for passing Bill C-69, to take all reasonable measures, including court challenges where necessary, to safeguard against conflicting federal legislation, and to refuse to enact any provincial law that will erode those rights

Notice of motion

Crosbie, 447

Amendment—Moved

Crosbie, 531

Amendment—Ruled in order

Speaker, 531

Debate

Brazil, 537–541

Byrne, 546–549

Coady, 534–537

Crosbie, 531–534 , 550–552

Dinn, J., 542–544

Lane, 544–546

Parrott, 549–550

Stoodley, 541–542

Amendment—Carried, 552

Resolution—Division—Carried, 553

What changes will be required to the Atlantic Accord due to Bill C-69

Ball, 196

Crosbie, 196

What kind of benefits would get Premier's consent to amend the right of joint management in the Accord

Ball, 438

Crosbie, 437–438

When does Premier expect to get instructions from the federal minister on how to water down the provincial Atlantic Accord Act

Ball, 1086

Crosbie, 1086

Will Premier consider a court challenge to the recently passed federal legislation that blatantly violates the Accord's principle of joint management

Ball, 437

Crosbie, 437

Will Premier guarantee residents of province that as a result of the passing of Bill C-69, he will not be making amendments to the Atlantic Accord

Ball, 1085–1086

Crosbie, 1085

Will Premier not agree to the erosion of joint management rights

Ball, 1086

Crosbie, 1086

Will Premier state definitively that he will not consent to any change to the Atlantic Accord which infringes upon its principles, including joint management

Ball, 335

Crosbie, 335

ATLANTIC BUBBLE. See COVID-19

ATLANTIC LOOP. See Industry, Energy and Technology

ATLANTIC LOTTERY COMMISSION

Atlantic provinces joint follow-up of recommendations

Speaker, 344

ATTRITION. See Public Service

ATVS. See Digital Government and Service NL

AUDITOR GENERAL

Isn't it time to put an Auditor General in place so that the Public Accounts Committee can continue with its work

Osborne, 2114

Parsons, K., 2113–2114

When will we see a new Auditor General in place

Osborne, 2113

Parsons, K., 2113

AUDITOR GENERAL ACT (AMDT.) (BILL 50)

Notice of motion

Crocker, 2841

First reading, 2883

Second reading

Crocker, 3103–3105

Wakeham, 3104

Committee

Brazil, 3105–3106

Coffin, 3105–3106

Crocker, 3106

Third reading, 3276

Royal Assent, 3289

AUTISM. See Health care ; Immigration, Skills and Labour —United Nations International 2021 Zero Project Award

AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE ACT (AMDT.) (BILL 9)

Notice of motion

Gambin-Walsh, 635

First reading, 752

Second reading

Brown, 1078

Gambin-Walsh, 1076–1078

Lane, 1078

O'Driscoll, 1078

Committee

Gambin-Walsh, 1139

O'Driscoll, 1139

Third reading, 1194

Royal Assent

December 6 2019

AVONDALE

Birthdays/Anniversaries

100th—Doyle, Margaret

Conway Ottenheimer, 932–933

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