Resource Committee — 8 May 2026 (GA51)

2026-05-08

Newfoundland and Labrador — Committees

RC – GA51 – M05 House of Assembly Newfoundland and Labrador Minutes of the House of Assembly Resource Committee Date: May 8, 2026 Location: House of Assembly Chamber Time: 9 a.m. Committee Members Present: Mark Butt, Member for Lewisporte - Twillingate (Chair) Riley Balsom, Member for Carbonear - Trinity - Bay de Verde Elvis Loveless, Member for Fortune Bay - Cape La Hune Sherry Gambin-Walsh, Member for Placentia - St.

Mary’s (substituted for Fred Hutton, Member for Conception Bay East - Bell Island) Jeff Dwyer, Member for Placentia West - Bellevue (substituted for Keith Russell, Member for Lake Melville) Hal Cormier, Member for St. George’s - Humber (substituted for Joseph Power, Member for Labrador West) Jim Dinn, Member for St. John’s Centre (substituted for Sheilagh O’Leary, Member for St.

John’s East - Quidi Vidi) Other: Margot Pitcher, Official Opposition Caucus Dave Hamlyn, Official Opposition Caucus Steven Kent, Third Party Caucus House of Assembly Service: Bobbi Russell, Principal Clerk of Committees Witnesses Appearing: Fisheries and Aquaculture Loyola O’Driscoll, Minister Keith Sullivan, Deputy Minister Scott Jones, Assistant Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Aquaculture Debbie Marnell, Director of Communications Brad Noftall, Departmental Controller Dr.

Daryl Whalen, Director, Aquatic Animal Health Joan O’Driscoll, Executive Assistant RC – GA51 – M05 The meeting was called to order at 8:59 a.m. On motion, the Minutes of May 7, 2026 were adopted as circulated. The Committee recessed proceedings at 10:28 a.m. and resumed at 10:38 a.m. The Committee reviewed and passed, without amendment, the Estimates of the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture. On motion, the Committee adjourned at 12:12 p.m. to Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at p.m. to review the Estimates of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation.

Mark Butt Chair Bobbi Russell Principal Clerk of Committees

Document details

Collection	Newfoundland and Labrador — Committees
Citation	2026-05-08
Type	committee
Volume / chapter	committees standingcommittees resource ga51 rc ga51 m05 2026 05 08
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	2c3092e0e2027026a2692acc315989286971e85b

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