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Province of Newfoundland and Labrador

50th General Assembly - 1st Session - 2021-2022

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ABBOTT, HON. JOHN (L) (ST. JOHN'S EAST - QUIDI VIDI)

Notice of motion, 1036

Second reading, 1244–1249 , 1266

Committee, 1267 , 1268 , 1269 , 1270–1273 , 1274

Adoption (Amdt.) Act (Bill 39)

Notice of motion, 1036

Second reading, 1439–1442 , 1452

Committee, 1453 , 1454 , 1455 , 1456

Amendment

Clause 1(5)

Moved, 1455

Adult Protection Act 2021 (Bill 40)

Notice of motion, 1036

Second reading, 1658–1662 , 1670–1671

Committee, 1709 , 1710 , 1711–1714

Basic income

House to consider truly ending poverty by establishing an all-party Select Committee on Basic Income, with a mandate to review and make recommendations on eligibility and minimum income amounts, interaction with existing income supports, additional poverty reduction initiatives, cost-benefit analysis, potential models for such a program and a timeline for implementation

Debate, 1634–1636

When will government establish an All-Party Committee on Basic Income as was called for in private member's resolution that was passed unanimously twice in the House of Assembly, 2301

Will government immediately strike the all-party committee on guaranteed basic income, as called for in private member's motion, 2927

Budget 2021

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Estimates

Social Services Committee

Concurrence motion

Debate, 742–746

Budget 2022

Motion to approve budgetary policy

Debate, 2212–2215

Estimates

Supply Committee

Office of the Executive Council

Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation, 2450(19)

Budget 2022 (Pertaining to)

What in the budget will address the realities of current rental vacancies and rental rates, 2128

Child and Youth Advocate (Amdt.) Act (Bill 62)

Notice of motion, 2763

Second reading, 2827–2829 , 2910

Committee, 2911 , 2912

Children, Seniors and Social Development

Foster Families Month

Recognition of, 1383

Income support

Given that not all seniors can avail of bus program, does Minister realize there's life beyond the metropass, 2684

Why is Minister making excuses for not supporting rural transportation services, 2683

Newfoundland and Labrador Community Transportation Program

Program now open, 753

Seniors

Has Minister asked the Seniors' Advocate to look at options to offer more help to our seniors, 2684

When will a Seniors Advocate be appointed, 2684–2685

Seniors' Month

Recognition of, 576–577

Strategic Plan— 2021-2023, 1904

Children, Youth and Families (Amdt.) Act (Bill 11)

Second reading, 978–981 , 983

Committee, 986 , 987

Cost of living

Food banks

What additional supports will the minister implement to lower the cost of food and provide more supports to food-sharing organizations, 1973

Why did Minister fail to support people who are now forced to look for assistance from food banks, 1973

Urging government to implement a plan to address the rising cost of living experienced by residents and families in the province, including the rising cost of essential goods and services such as gasoline, home heating fuel, groceries and essential dry goods, 1688

What is government going to do to help seniors with the high cost of living, 1737

When can residents expect to get what was promised in Minister's press release, 2642

Why is government contributing towards our housing crisis by pushing people out on the street, 2505

Why is government forcing landlords into bankruptcy and tenants out on the streets, 2505

Why is Minister picking and choosing ways to help, 2642

Why is Minister turning his back on seniors and low-income individuals in Minister's district and rural Newfoundland and Labrador, 2641

Disabilities

National AccessAbility Week, 393

Emergency 911 Act, 2021 (Bill 41)

Second reading, 1991–1994

Finance

Public Assets, Sale of

Grace General Hospital site—Are there plans to use the site to construct affordable housing units, 2128

Health care

Crisis, Health Care System

Urging government to recognize that there is a health crisis in Newfoundland and Labrador and to immediately address this crisis with the urgency the circumstances warrant

Debate, 1155–1158

Amendment—Moved, 1156–1157

Amendment—Ruled in order, 1156–1157

Was Minister's amendment and comments last night nothing more than a blatant attempt on behalf of his government to mislead and to minimize the doctor shortage, 1184

Would Minister quantify "some" for the people of our province, 1184

Doctors

Will Minister stand in his place and apologize to the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association, 1179–1180

Mental health

Urging government to collaborate with stakeholders so as to directly deal with improving access and removing barriers to mental health and addictions services in response to the unprecedented impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic

Debate, 595–598

Urging government to provide immediate relief measures beyond those included in the government's 2022 budget plan including financial relief along with measures to improve access to mental health care

Debate, 2434–2436

House of Assembly

Office of the Seniors' Advocate

Appointment of Susan Walsh

Debate, 2904–2905

Amendment—Moved, 2905

Has Minister asked the Seniors' Advocate to look at options to offer more help to our seniors, 2684

Seniors Advocate

When will position be filled, 1765

Why has position been vacant for so long, 1765

Housing

Are the conditions cited in a CBC news

article the standards to which Minister referred, 2184

Could Minister please describe the standards, 2184

Labrador Inn

Given its business plan to provide Level 1 and Level 2 assisted care, with over 33 apartments scheduled to open by the end of the year, will government have an alternate, hopefully permanent solution in place, in time for winter, 2817

Why did Minister allow department to ignore the situation and allow for unsupported residents and staff at for-profit shelter, 1760

Minister highlights affordable housing investments, 2677

Urging Government to ensure that vacant Newfoundland and Labrador Housing units in Nunatsiavut are repaired and made available to those in need in a consistent and timely fashion

response, 2188–2189

Urging Government to repair and increase the number of Newfoundland and Labrador Housing units in Central Newfoundland to meet the present need throughout the region

response, 2071

What in the budget will address the realities of current rental vacancies and rental rates, 2128

What is Minister doing specifically to address the gaps in housing support for the community of Conception Bay South, 1649–1650

Why is government contributing towards our housing crisis by pushing people out on the street, 2505

Why is government forcing landlords into bankruptcy and tenants out on the streets, 2505

Will Minister bring in legislation to ensure that some level of enforceable property standards are met, especially for landlords housing Children, Seniors and Social Development recipients, 2129

Will Minister commit the necessary resources to upgrade provincial housing and make sure all units are available and habitable, 1653

Will Minister commit to examining issue of adjusting the threshold for NLHC Housing, 3056–3067

Will Premier immediately take action to address the crisis situation in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, 1894

Will Premier show leadership and help desperate women in Labrador today, 1895

Immigration, Population Growth and Skills

Ukrainians

Comments on, 1832–1833

Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation

Report on Child Welfare Services to Indigenous Children, Youth and Families —2019-2020—Tabled, 970

Interim Supply Act, 2022 (Bill 45)

Committee, 1832–1834

Justice and Public Safety

Drive-by shooting

What supports will Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development put in place for residents who may have been traumatized by this violent act, 1653

Members' Statements

Sports/recreation

Baseball

St. John's Amateur Baseball Association—Celebrating 75 years of baseball in St. John's, 830

Tributes

Former Member, political leader, lawyer and historian—Roberts, Edward, 2174

Ministerial Statements

Children, Seniors and Social Development

Foster Families Month

Recognition of, 1383

Newfoundland and Labrador Community Transportation Program

Program now open, 753

Seniors' Month

Recognition of, 576–577

Disabilities

National AccessAbility Week, 393

Housing

Minister highlights affordable housing investments, 2677

Seniors

Seniors of Distinction Awards

Celebrating the contributions, achievements, and diversity of older persons and seniors in the province, 1068

Oral Questions

Basic income

When will government establish an All-Party Committee on Basic Income as was called for in private member's resolution that was passed unanimously twice in the House of Assembly, 2301

Will government immediately strike the all-party committee on guaranteed basic income, as called for in private member's motion, 2927

Budget

(2022) What in the budget will address the realities of current rental vacancies and rental rates, 2128