Government Services Committee — Digital Government and Service NL Published under the authority of the Speaker of the House of Assembly Honourable Derek Bennett, MHA GOVERNMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE Digital Government and Service NL Chair: Paul Pike, MHA Vice-Chair: Loyola O’Driscoll, MHA Members: Jordan Brown, MHA Lela Evans, MHA Scott Reid, MHA Lucy Stoyles, MHA Brian Warr, MHA Clerk of the Committee: Bobbi Russell Appearing: Digital Government and Service NL Hon. Sarah Stoodley, MHA, Minister Gail Boland, Assistant Deputy Minister, Digital Government and Services Sean Dutton, Deputy Minister Dave Heffernan, Associate Deputy Minister Scott Jones, Assistant Deputy Minister, Regulatory Affairs Bonnie Steele, Departmental Controller Also Present James Dinn, MHA Sherry Gambin-Walsh, MHA Perry Trimper, MHA Megan Winter, Official Opposition Caucus Steven Kent, Third Party Caucus June 10, 2021 GOVERNMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE 86 Pursuant to Standing Order 68, Sherry Gambin- Walsh, MHA for Placentia - St. Mary’s, substitutes for Lucy Stoyles, MHA for Mount Pearl North. Pursuant to Standing Order 68, Jim Dinn, MHA for St. John’s Centre, substitutes for Jordan Brown, MHA for Labrador West. The Committee met at 9 a.m. in the Assembly Chamber. CHAIR (Pike): Good morning, everyone, and welcome. We do have a few announcements beforehand. We do have two substitutions. We have Sherry Gambin-Walsh, Placentia - St. Mary’s; and St. John’s Centre, Jim Dinn stepping in this morning. Thank you so much. The time allocation and so on, we’ll certainly look at taking a break if we need one somewhere around 10:15. We’re going to start our questions and debate with the Official Opposition, Third Party, Official Opposition, Third Party and independent Member, in that order. We need to remind witnesses to identify themselves before you speak for Hansard and wait for the tally light before speaking. I know the last time we were here there were some issues getting the light to come on and so on. But h