SECOND REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON PROCEDURE Third Session Fifty-fifth Legislative Assembly of the Province of New Brunswick May 11, 2006 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE Hon. Mr. Harrison, Chairman Hon. P. Robichaud, Vice-Chairman Hon. Mr. Green, Q.C. Mr. Huntjens Mr. C. LeBlanc Hon. Mr. MacDonald Mr. Lamrock Mr. Allaby Mr. V. Boudreau May 11, 2006 To The Honourable The Legislative Assembl y of The Provi nce of New B runswick Mr. Sp eaker: Your St and ing C ommittee o n P roce dure begs l eave t o submit this their Seco nd Report of the Se ssion.

Your Co mmittee met on T ues day , M ay 9, 2006, and cons idere d the appl icat ion b y the P aramedi c A ssoci ation of New Brunswick for the introdu ction of a Private Bill entitled

An Act Respect ing the Param edi c Associ ation of New Brunswick. It was r eporte d t o t he C ommittee t hat t he C lerk of t he H ouse was unab le t o cert ify t hat t he ap plicant had m et t he requir ements of Standing Rule 111, with res pect to the publicat ion of notices. It was further repo rted that the ap plicant has re quested tha t the applica ble re quirements o f the Standing Rules b e waived to permit the intro duction of the B ill during t he current s ession.

A cco rdingl y, pursuant t o Standi ng R ule 1 14(2), the a pplica tion was placed be fore t he Standing Committee o n P roce dure f or consi derat ion. The ap plication b y the Para medic A sso ciati on w as o rigina lly filed on M ay 1 4, 2004, for intro duction d uring the F irst Sessio n of the Legislatu re. Publication of the no tice s o f legislatio n fo r th e original ap plica tion was c ompleted inth compl iance with the Standing Rules.

Notice was published for three con secutive weeks during the mon th of March, 2004, in L’Acadi e Nouvel le, the Daily Glean er, the Times Trans cript, and the Telegr aph Jour nal. The not ice of legislation was also publ ished onc e in the Royal Gaze tte in the mo nth of M ay, 2004. However , the B ill was not introduce d as further consult ation w as re quired wit h the D epartm ent of Health and W ellness and other intere sted stakeholders. A seco nd ap plicat ion by t he P aram edic Assoc iation was f iled on M arch 31 , 20 05, for introd uction duri ng t he Se cond Session of the Legislature.

The appl icant relied on the notices of legislation publ ished i n 2004, which provided forth the p ossible introd uction of t he Bill during the S eco nd Session and were a cco rdingl y deem ed accep table. However, the Bill was not introduce d as further consultation was again requi red with the Depar tment of Heal th and W ellnes s and other intere sted stakeholders. A third appl ication by the Par ame dic Associ ation was filed on Apr il 27, 2006, for introdu ction during the Third Se ssion of the Legislature. The applicant once agai n wishes to rely on the no tices of legislation pub lished i n 20 04.

However,th since the notice s of le gislatio n were publishe d over 25 months ago, the Clerk is un able to certify that the requirements of the Standing Rul es have bee n satisfied. Pursuant to Standing Rule 1 14(2), the Standing Committee o n P roce dure may wai ve any requi rem ents of the Standing Rules, or may issue such other Order as it deems appropri ate.

Acc ordingly, in or der that the Bill entitled An Ac t Re specting the Par ame dic As sociation of Ne w Br unswick ma y be introdu ced du ring the current session of the Legislature, your Commi ttee waives the requ ireme nts of Standing Rule to permit the intro duction of the Bill. And your C ommittee asks le ave to make a furth er re port. Hon. Bev Harrison Chairma n