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44th General Assembly - 3rd Session - 2001

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ANDERSEN, WALLY (L TORNGAT MOUNTAINS)

Economy

Development—Failure of Renewal Strategy for Jobs and Growth—Need for a new plan, 2300–2301

Fishery

Shrimp—Quotas—Labrador and Northern Newfoundland, 369–370

Hopedale

Awards—Volunteer of the Year—Winters, Martha, 2157

Canadian Rangers—Junior Rangers Association, 1932

Sports achievements—Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games—Mighty Mites Volleyball Team—Hopedale, 2604

Makkovik

Awards—Volunteer of the Year—Andersen, John, 2157

Members' Statements

Aboriginal Youth Conference—2001—Edmonton, 1626

Canadian Rangers—Junior Rangers Association—Postville and Hopedale, 1932

Nain—Community forum—Regional improvement, 481–482

Nain

Community forum—Regional improvement, 481–482

Name of the Province,

An Act Respecting (Bill 43)

Second Reading, 1618–1620

Postville

Canadian Rangers—Junior Rangers Association, 1932

Tributes

Awards—Volunteer of the Year—Andersen, John—Makkovik, 2157

Awards—Volunteer of the Year—Winters, Martha—Hopedale, 2157

Sports achievements—Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games—Mighty Mites Volleyball Team—Hopedale, 2604

Volunteers

Volunteer of the Year—Andersen, John—Makkovik, 2157

Volunteer of the Year—Winters, Martha—Hopedale, 2157

AYLWARD, HON. JOAN MARIE (L ST. JOHN'S CENTRE)

Answers to Questions for Which Notice has been Given

Consolidated Fund Services

Pension Plans—Public Service/ Teachers, 550

Education

Literacy— Read and Succeed —Television advertisements—Costs (#12), 2005

Finance

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)—Forecast—2002, 1795–1796

Taxation

Income tax—Provincial personal income tax—Analysis tabled (#18), 2112

Budget

(2001) Address, 195–209

Consolidated Fund Services

Pension Plans—Public Service/ Teachers, 550

C.A. Pippy Park Commission—Annual Report—2000 -2001, 1947

Consumer Group for Fair Gas Prices

Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)—Request removal from home heating fuel and electric heat, 357–358

Economic Advisory Council Act,

An Act to Repeal (Bill 31)

Notice of Motion, 1600

Second Reading, 1801–1802 , 1818–1823

Economy

Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 221 , 1732–1733

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)—Forecast—2002, 1795–1796

Education

Literacy— Read and Succeed —Television advertisements—Costs, 2005

Post-secondary institutions—Tuition—Reduction, 2460–2461

Equalization Payments

Canada Health and Social Transfers—Reduction—Effects of declining population, 2513–2514 , 2571–2572

Canada Health and Social Transfers—Reduction—Effects on health care, 282–283

Capping—Government opposed to "ceiling" provision, 757–758

Capping—Removal by Federal Government if agreement upon Canada Health and Social Transfers, 2224–2225

Estimates

Committee of Supply

Consolidated Fund Services, Legislature and Executive Council, 288–315 , 331 , 388–393 , 401 , 495–503 , 506–509

Finance

Budget (2001)—Mid-year report, 1627–1630

Deficit, 221

Deficit—Increase, 1890

Deficit—Increase—Effects on public servants on temporary contracts, 1687–1688

Deficit—Increase—Forecast—2002, 1891

Financial Administration Act

Sec. 26(a)(5)—Orders-in-Council relating to funding pre-commitments, 686 , 1844

Sec. 28(2)—Orders-in-Council for the creation of new expenditures—Dept. of Justice Head of Expenditure, 1844

Sec. 28(2)—Orders-in-Council for the creation of new expenditures—Dept. of Works, Services and Transportation Head of Expenditure, 1844

Sec. 28(4)(b)—Orders-in-Council for the creation of new expenditures, 686

Sec. 48—List of temporary loans, 401

Sec. 55(3)—List of guaranteed loans, 401

Financial Administration Act No. 2,

An Act to Amend (Bill 50)

Notice of Motion, 1600

Second Reading, 1991(1) –1992(2) , 1991(16)–1991(17)

Financial Administration Act,

An Act to Amend (Bill 17)

Notice of Motion, 977

Committee, 1208–1209 , 1558

Gambling

Lotteries—Win A Grand Incorporated.—Atlantic Lotto Corporation calling for withdrawal from stores, 2340–2341

Video Lottery Terminals (VLT's)—Gambling support programs—Government to aid, 1170–1171

Video Lottery Terminals (VLT's)—Gambling support programs—VLT industry to aid, 1170

Health and Post-Secondary Education Tax Act,

An Act to Amend (Bill 28)

Notice of Motion, 1600

Second Reading, 2029–2030 , 2036–2037

Health and Post-Secondary Education Tax Act, The Retail Sales Tax Act and the School Tax Authorities Winding up Act,

An Act to Amend (Bill 62)

Notice of Motion, 1600

Health Care

Diagnostic imaging—Federal fund to replace outdated equipment, 490–493 , 543–544

Income Tax Act,

An Act to Amend (Bill 6)

Second Reading, 983–984

Information Technology (IT)

Contracts—Government buying computers from United States instead of locally manufactured, 1321–1324

Interim Supply Act

Notice of Motion, 49

Committee, 107 , 238–239 , 272–273

Liquor Corporation Act,

An Act to Amend (Bill 13)

Notice of Motion, 768

Second Reading, 985–986

Loan and Guarantee Act, 1957

Notice of Motion, 1600

Committee, 2018–2019 , 2021–2024 , 2028

Local Authority Guarantee Act, 1957

Notice of Motion, 1600

Committee, 1991(38)–1991(39)

Ministerial Statements

Equalization payments

Capping—Government opposed to "ceiling" provision, 757–758

Finance

Budget (2001)—Mid-year report, 1627–1630

Public Service

Pay equity—Hospital support workers—Government not to appeal Supreme Court of Newfoundland decision, 2506

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro Corporation (NLH)

Rate increases, 221–222

Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation (NLLC)

Annual Report—2001, 2575

Newfoundland Liquor Corporation (NLC)

Annual Report—2000, 576

Oral Questions

Equalization Payments

Canada Health and Social Transfers—Reduction—Effects of declining population, 2513–2514 , 2571–2572

Canada Health and Social Transfers—Reduction—Effects on health care, 282–283

Capping—Removal by Federal Government if agreement upon Canada Health and Social Transfers, 2224–2225

Finance

Deficit, 221

Deficit—Increase, 1890

Deficit—Increase—Effects on public servants on temporary contracts, 1687–1688

Deficit—Increase—Forecast—2002, 1686–1687 , 1891

Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 221 , 1732–1733

Gambling

Lotteries—Win A Grand Incorporated—Atlantic Lotto Corporation calling for withdrawal from stores, 2340–2341

Video Lottery Terminals (VLT's)—Gambling support programs—Government to aid, 1170–1171

Video Lottery Terminals (VLT's)—Gambling support programs—VLT industry to aid, 1170

Health Care

Diagnostic imaging—Federal fund to replace outdated equipment, 490–493 , 543–544

Information Technology (IT)

Contracts—Government buying computers from United States instead of locally manufactured, 1321–1324

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro Corporation (NLH)

Rate increases, 221–222

Public Service

Decentralization—Costs—Government to table total costs, 1168

Decentralization—Costs—No new jobs created, 1168–1169

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Negotiations—Back to work legislation, 566–567

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Negotiations—Confusion over Government's offer, 540–542 , 571–572

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Negotiations—Government negotiating through media, 223 , 432

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Negotiations—Government willing to continue negotiations, 437–438

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Negotiations—Lateness of Government's final offer, 431–437 , 567

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Negotiations—Tentative agreement—Government unaware of potential costs, 968–971

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Negotiations—Tentative agreement—Revised budget figures based on wage increase, 1115–1116

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Negotiations—Update on Government's latest offer, 565

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Strike—Student assistants—Effects on special needs students, 223

Pensions—Newfoundland and Labrador Public Service Pension Plan—Change over to trusteeship, 2288–2290

Pensions—Newfoundland and Labrador Public Service Pension Plan—Credit for additional voluntary contributions for non-existent service, 2060–2061

Salaries—Comparisons to other provinces, 438–439

Taxation

Income tax—Bracket creep—Government not making provision to remove, 677–678

Income tax—Proposed cuts, 1643–1645

Transportation

Labrador Transportation Initiative—Transfer of funds to address budget deficit, 2452–2454 , 2510–2511

Water, Bulk export

Royalty regime—Basis for Government's projected numbers, 1218

Parks

Camping/recreational—Pippy Park Commission—Annual Report—2000 -2001, 1947

Pensions for Members of the House of Assembly,

An Act to Revise the Law (Bill 51)

Notice of Motion, 1600

Petitions

Consumer Group for Fair Gas Prices

Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)—Request removal from home heating fuel and electric heat, 357–358

Education

Post-secondary institutions—Tuition—Reduction, 2460–2461

Points of Order

Language, inappropriate—"schizophrenic," 1162

Provincial Advisory Council on the Status of Women, Newfoundland and Labrador

Annual Report—2000-2001, 2294

Public Accounts and Accounts of the Crown Corporations, Boards and other Authorities of the Province e

Annual Report—1999 -2001, 1871

Public Service

Decentralization—Costs—Government to table total costs, 1168

Decentralization—Costs—No new jobs created, 1168–1169

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Negotiations—Back to work legislation, 566–567

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Negotiations—Confusion over Government's offer, 540–542

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Negotiations—Government negotiating through media, 223 , 432

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Negotiations—Government willing to continue negotiations, 437–438

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Negotiations—Government's "dictatorial" approach, 222

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Negotiations—Government's efforts to end strike, 431

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Negotiations—Lateness of Government's final offer, 431–437 , 567

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Negotiations—Tentative agreement—Government unaware of potential costs, 968–971

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Negotiations—Tentative agreement—Revised budget figures based on wage increase, 1115–1116

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Negotiations—Update on Government's latest offer, 565

Pay equity—Hospital support workers—Government not to appeal Supreme Court of Newfoundland decision, 2506

Pensions—Newfoundland and Labrador Public Service Pension Plan—Change over to trusteeship, 2288–2290

Public Service Commission

Annual Report—2000 -2001, 2294

Public Service Pensions Act , 1991 and the Uniformed Services Pensions Act, 1991,

An Act to Amend (Bill 59)

Notice of Motion, 1600

Second Reading, 2248 , 2258–2259

Committee, 2359

Supplementary Supply Act

Notice of Motion, 1600

Committee, 1991(17)–1991(19)

Supply Act (Bill 3)

Notice of Motion, 49

Tabled Data

C.A. Pippy Park Commission—Annual Report—2000 -2001, 1947

Guaranteed loans, list, 401

Income tax—Provincial personal income tax—Analysis tabled, 2112

New expenditures, 686

New expenditures—Dept. of Justice Head of Expenditure, 1844

New expenditures—Dept. of Works, Services and Transportation Head of Expenditure, 1844

Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation (NLLC)—Annual Report—2001, 2575

Newfoundland Liquor Corporation—Annual Report—2000, 576

Pre-commitments, 686

Provincial Advisory Council on the Status of Women, Newfoundland and Labrador—Annual Report—2000-2001, 2294

Public Accounts and Accounts of the Crown Corporations, Boards and other Authorities of the Province—Annual Report—1999 -2001, 1871

Public Service Commission—Annual Report—2000 -2001, 2294

Temporary loans, list, 401

Taxation

Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)—Removal from home heating fuel and electric heat, 357–358

Income tax—Bracket creep—Government not making provision to remove, 677–678

Income tax—Proposed cuts, 1643–1645

Income tax—Provincial personal income tax—Analysis tabled, 2112

Taxation of Utilities and Cable Television Companies Act,

An Act to Amend (Bill 52)

Notice of Motion, 1600

Second Reading, 2417–2418

Transportation

Labrador Transportation Initiative—Transfer of funds to address budget deficit, 2452–2454 , 2510–2511

Tributes

Condolences—Mills, Cy, 536–537

Uniformed Services Pension Act, 1991 (Bill 40)

Notice of Motion, 1600

Second Reading, 2233–2234 , 2247

Water, Bulk export

Royalty regime—Basis for Government's projected numbers, 1218

AYLWARD, HON. KEVIN (L ST. GEORGE'S-STEPHENVILLE EAST)

Boxing Authority of Newfoundland and Labrador,

An Act to Establish (Bill 58)

Notice of Motion, 1601

Second Reading, 2430–2431

Economic Diversification and Growth Enterprises Act (EDGE),

An Act to Amend (Bill 60)

Second Reading, 2278(29)–2278(32)

Education

Special needs students—Government's intention to phase out program—St. Matthew's Elementary School—St. John's, 1028–1029

Endangered Species,

An Act Respecting the Protection (Bill 33)

Notice of Motion, 1601

Second Reading, 1849–1850 , 1859–1861

Committee, 2134 , 2136–2138

Environmental Protection,

An Act Respecting (Bill 45)

Second Reading, 2213(44)–2213(47)

Estimates

Committee of Supply

Resource Estimates Committee—Concurrence Motion

Debate, 774–777

Film Industry

Shipping News —Commencement of production, 911–912

Health Care Association Act, Hospitals Act and Licensed Practical Nurses Act,

An Act to Amend (Bill 23)

Second Reading, 1753–1754

Heritage

Preservation—Quidi Vidi Village, 1878–1879

Historic Resources Act,

An Act to Amend (Bill 57)

Notice of Motion, 1601

Second Reading, 1871–1872 , 1878–1879

Ministerial Statements

Film Industry

Shipping News —Commencement of production, 911–912

Parks

Conservation areas—Attractions Canada Awards Program—Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve, 1537–1538

Sports/recreation

World Junior Curling Championships—Winners, 214

Tourism

Receiving the World Celebrations—100th anniversary marking Marconi's first reception of a transatlantic wireless signal, 627–628

Tourism Awareness Month—May 2001, 1270–1272

Tributes

Ingstad, Dr. Helge, 374–375

Oral Questions

Education

Special needs students—Government's intention to phase out program—St. Matthew's Elementary School—St. John's, 1028–1029

Sports/Recreation

Alpine skiing—Exclusion from Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games, 1116–1117

Funding—Government provide money to teams travelling outside Province, 2346

Hockey, Women's—Exclusion from Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games, 681–682 , 1029

Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games—Labrador West athletes—Cancellation of participation due to bad weather, 2514–2515

Tourism

Viking Trail Tourism Association—Proposal for continued operation of Norstead facility, 684–685

Parks

Conservation areas—Attractions Canada Awards Program—Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve, 1537–1538

Trails—T'Railways—Access by various industries, 2397 , 2399–2400

Provincial Parks Act,

An Act to Amend (Bill 57)

Notice of Motion, 1601

Second Reading, 2397 , 2399–2400

Sports/Recreation

Alpine skiing—Exclusion from Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games, 1116–1117

Curling—St. John's Curling Club Team—World Junior Men's Champions, 214

Funding—Government provide money to teams travelling outside Province, 2346

Hockey, Women's—Exclusion from Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games, 681–682 , 1029

Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games—Labrador West athletes—Cancellation of participation due to bad weather, 2514–2515

Supplementary Supply Act

Committee, 1991(29)–1991(32)

Tourism

Receiving the World Celebrations—100th anniversary marking Marconi's first reception of a transatlantic wireless signal, 627–628

Tourism Awareness Month—May 2001, 1270–1272

Viking Trail Tourism Association—Proposal for continued operation of Norstead facility, 684–685

Tributes

Condolences—Co-discoverer of Viking settlement at L'Anse au Meadows—Ingstad, Dr. Helge, 374–375

Sports achievements—World Junior Curling Championships—Winners, 214

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