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Resource Committee — department of industry energyandtechnology — 1 June 20212021-06-01—
Government Services Committee — Department of Municipal and Provincial Affairs and the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation. MR. A. REID: If you agree then on doing the Housing Corporation first, because I think that we can - — 7 May 19981998-05-07—
Social Services Committee — Department of Education's website — 1 May 20172017-05-01—
Social Services Committee — Department of Social Services — 27 May 19961996-05-27—
Public Accounts Committee — Department of Education — 29 September 19991999-09-29—
Government Services Committee — Department of Works, Services and Transportation — 29 March 19951995-03-29—
Resource Committee — department of tourism cultureartsand recreation — 31 May 20212021-05-31—
Government Services Committee — Department of government — 6 May 20092009-05-06—
Public Accounts Committee — Department of Health and Community Services — 18 July 20182018-07-18—
Resource Committee — department of tourism culture industryandinnovation — 26 April 20182018-04-26—
Government Services Committee — Department of Finance — 23 April 20132013-04-23—
Government Services Committee — 1 June 19931993-06-01—
Resource Committee — Department of Development — 15 May 19911991-05-15—
Social Services Committee — Department of Health and Community Services, Executive and Support Services, 1 — 19 April 20242024-04-19—
Social Services Committee — Department of Education — 4 March 20292029-03-04—
Resource Committee — Department of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development. After the Clerk calls the first subhead, the minister may give his opening remarks, introduce his officials, and then the members of the Committee may begin questioning. We have one member in the House of Assembly who is not a member of the Committee as such, but I have talked with the Speaker and, if it is okay with the Committee, if the Committee agrees that Ms Michael be permitted to ask questions, then certainly we can allow that. Is the Committee in agreement with that? SOME HON. MEMBERS: Yes. — 5 July 20082008-07-05—
Resource Committee — Department of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development is being allocated more than $45 million in 2006-2007 to allow it to implement its plans for economic growth and job creation throughout the Province. I would like to highlight a few of our initiatives for this year. The department recently launched a provincial Innovation Strategy to make Newfoundland and Labrador more competitive internationally. We have allocated $20 million over the next four years for the Innovation Strategy. Of the four-year $20 million investment, approximately $3 million has been allocated this year for a commercialization program designed to bridge the gap companies face in moving from new technologies to true commercial activity. This year we have also allocated approximately $2 million for an Innovation Enhancement Program to assist not-for-profit organizations that support innovation by enhancing research and development capacity. Last year we announced a Comprehensive Regional Diversification Strategy for the Province. The plan builds upon the strengths of our regions and is complemented by government programs that will help develop those strengths so that they result in long-term sustainable employment for the people of this Province. Two of those programs are the Small and Medium Size Enterprise Fund and the Regional/Sectoral Diversification Fund. Last year government placed $10 million into the SME Revolving Fund to provide business financing to small and medium sized businesses. The financing will allow eligible businesses the opportunity to start up and expand, thereby helping them create and retain long-term sustainable jobs. We made an additional injection of $8 million in this year's budget. This year government allocated $5 million to Regional Sectoral/Diversification Fund to provide non-repayable contributions for economic development initiatives that address regional and sectoral development, diversification and innovation. The $5 million is in additio2005-06-04—
Public Accounts Committee — Department of Advanced Education and Skills in the College of the North Atlantic. My name is Jim Bennett, and I am the Chair. I am going to ask each individual if they would identify themselves. This hearing is being recorded and there will be a transcript provided. So it is important for everybody, whenever they speak the members all know this because we appear regularly, but it is important to identify yourself when you answer a question. We will have people introduce themselves, then we swear witnesses, and then we will proceed from there. Mr. Brazil. MR. BRAZIL: David Brazil, Vice-Chair. I want to note, too, if you could note the little light in front of you. When you identify who you are, wait for the light to come on and then identify who you are, for the recording process. MR. K. PARSONS: Kevin Parsons, District of Cape St. Francis. MR. MITCHELMORE: Christopher Mitchelmore, District of The Straits White Bay North. MR. JOYCE: Eddie Joyce, Bay of Islands. MR. PEACH: Calvin Peach, Bellevue district. MR. CROSS: Eli Cross, Bonavista North. MR. PADDON: Terry Paddon, Auditor General for Newfoundland and Labrador. MR. WALTERS: Scott Walters, from the Office of the Auditor General. MS RUSSELL: Sandra Russell, Deputy Auditor General. MR. HUTCHINGS: John Hutchings, Vice-President, Finance, College of the North Atlantic. MS VAUGHAN: Ann Marie Vaughan, President, College of the North Atlantic. MS TAIT: Mary Tait, Executive Director of Human Resources, College of the North Atlantic. MS MOREY: Annette Morey, Manager of Internal Audit, College of the North Atlantic. MS MURPHY: Elizabeth Murphy, Clerk of the Committee. — 12 September 20132013-09-12—
Resource Committee — Department of Forest Resources and Agrifoods — 27 May 19961996-05-27—
Resource Committee — Department of Fisheries, Food and Agriculture — 10 April 19951995-04-10—
Social Services Committee — Department of Human Resources, Labour and Employment — 5 April 20192019-04-05—
Resource Committee — 28 April 19971997-04-28—
Government Services Committee — Department of government makes agreements with government, the unions make agreements with government to put a contingency in place, and I understand that the minister has done that. That is the responsibility of the department to make sure we are set for this. On top of this, coupled with a normal contingency plan we would have, of course, is the time of year, and tonight is a perfect example. I understand we do have a system in place. Now I am just referring to the road situation not the ferry system. I am wondering if the minister could start with some comments on our contingency plan that is in place for the roads system, and, in particular, handling a storm such as this tonight. MR. BARRETT: Yes. Mr. Chairman. There is an agreement in place with the union to provide essential employees in each depot, and it is my understanding there is one person in each depot. There are forty-four depots around the Province and they are to provide essential services. Actually, today there were some areas of the Province where we had some difficulties, in the Clarenville area and the Goobies area, and that had more to do with the difficulty of the trucks crossing over the picket line to pick up salt and to get out. In the normal course of a work stoppage, these people, of course, naturally delay the vehicles from getting in to pick up the salt and to get back out. The co-operation this afternoon was much better and my understanding is that the roads in those particular areas are in very good shape, as we speak right now. Of course, the snow is falling again now, so I do not know if it is snowing in the Clarenville area or not. We could manage if it is not a major storm. The other thing about it is, if we have a major storm on the East Coast, I guess, we could move employees around to help in some of the areas where we have a heavy snowfall. MR. SHELLEY: Are the unions being co-operative as far as a situation arising now which could call for more2001-04-02—
Social Services Committee — Department of Child, Youth and Family Services who have joined me here this morning to introduce themselves, and also to make sure their communication is working correctly. I will start on my left to the Deputy Minister, Genevieve Dooling. She will introduce herself and provide you with her position in the department. Then we will go through the officials who are here. — 2 April 20142014-04-02—
Resource Committee — Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture to the Estimates Committee. I am going to begin with the people behind me: Brett Wareham, who is responsible in the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture for fishery development and infrastructure; Sonia Glover-Sullivan is a public relations director; Mr. John Bullen, is responsible for finance over in Fisheries and Aquaculture but works in the Department of Natural Resources; Jerry Ward, ADM responsible for Aquaculture; and sitting next to me is Leslie Dean, who is the Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture. I am not going to use up a lot of time in my opening remarks this morning, because as I said, this is my fifth time, as Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, making a presentation to the Estimates Committee. Most people here are quite familiar with the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture and its responsibilities. I am just going to touch on a couple of issues. The role of the department, as everybody knows, is as follows: the responsibility for promoting ongoing developing in the harvesting, processing, and marketing sectors of the fishing industry and for articulating policies relative to the management of fisheries resources, comprehensive programs relative to technical innovations, resource assessment, resource diversification, aquaculture development, productivity and quality enhancement. I guess if I were to say one thing it is this. The topic that has been most on all our minds in the last five years is diversification and the quality enhancement program. Over the years in the fishing industry in Newfoundland and Labrador there was very little emphasis put on the need to development a top quality product. The fish seemed to be just a fish, something that you take out of the ocean, no looking to where it was going, the end user, or the deriving of maximum price. It is hard to explain, but nevertheless that was certainly right throughout the industry from the harvesting and the proces2000-03-28—
Public Accounts Committee — Department of Health, Mr — 14 September 19931993-09-14—
Government Services Committee — Department of Transportation and Works — 11 April 20172017-04-11—
Social Services Committee — Department of Justice — 2 June 19931993-06-02—
Social Services Committee — Department of Transportation and Works, and we were part of that committee — 28 April 20102010-04-28—
Resource Committee — Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture. MR. WARREN: Good morning. Mike Warren, ADM, Policy and Planning. MR. ROBINSON: Shawn Robinson, ADM, Fisheries. MR. MEANEY: Brian Meaney, ADM, Aquaculture. MR. POWER: Bradley Power, Director of Communications. — 2 May 20122012-05-02—
Social Services Committee — Department of Justice — 5 April 20002000-04-05—
Public Accounts Committee — Department of Tourism and Culture — 11 September 19921992-09-11—
Resource Committee — Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture — 3 May 19991999-05-03—
Government Services Committee — 5 August 20152015-08-05—
Government Services Committee — Department of Finance — 6 May 19911991-05-06—
Resource Committee — Department of Environment and Conservation — 5 August 20132013-08-05—
Social Services Committee — Department of Health and Community Services represents 35 per cent of the entire provincial budget currently. So from our point of view, we are very conscious that we need to try and improve efficiency, contain expenditures, yet manage to provide quality services at the same time. So finding cost-effective and innovative solutions is important, both in the short and the long term. That includes evaluations of what we do based on outcomes so that we are doing things that make clinical and fiscal sense. Through the GRI, the Government Renewal Initiative, and budget 2016-17 processes, the department, along with its four regional health authorities and the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information, as well as the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial, have identified a number of potential saving opportunities that will help improve the efficiency of how we do business, how we deliver health care in the province. preface the Estimates document, a number of the variances contained in the Estimates document can be explained with the same explanation under the items on decrease in revenue from 2015-16 budget to the 2015-16 projected revised. In the majority of the department's operating accounts, such as Transportation and Communications, Supplies, and Purchased Services, there's a decrease. This decrease is due to the department's expenditure management plan. This was introduced initially in 2011-12 in an effort to reduce discretionary spending. The department has successfully reduced its operating accounts by over 55 per cent, or $2.3 million, since 2011-12. The following are some examples of the steps that have been taken in the department to reduce those operating accounts. It was the first department to implement a management print strategy, it's got an established inventory control system for office supplies, we have a policy regarding the purchase of food and refreshments for meetings and we've increased the use of teleconferencing2016-05-11—
Government Services Committee — 19 June 20192019-06-19—
Public Accounts Committee — Department of following their study of the hospital assessment — 27 June 19941994-06-27—
Resource Committee — Department of Environment and Conservation — 5 August 20152015-08-05—
Resource Committee — department of natural resources — 20 June 20192019-06-20—
Public Accounts Committee — 18 January 19951995-01-18—
Resource Committee — Department of Forestry and Agriculture — 12 May 19921992-05-12—
Social Services Committee — Department of Education and Early Childhood Development — 25 June 20192019-06-25—
Public Accounts Committee — Department of Health committed the balance of it — 10 September 19971997-09-10—
Social Services Committee — Department of Human Resources and Employment are working — 4 February 20292029-02-04—
Social Services Committee — Department of Social Services — 27 May 19961996-05-27—
Resource Committee — Department of Industry, Trade and Rural Development is being allocated $47 million to lead its implementation to build on the strong foundation and economic momentum we have established in recent years. This includes an additional $2.8 million in a new program and operational funding to strengthen its capacity to advance and diversify the economy and create new jobs throughout the Province. Among other priorities, these new resources will support the strategic partnership initiative between business, labour and government that was launched in January of this year, as well as a new business investment attraction initiative that was announced in the Throne Speech. This new initiative will be modeled after and emulate the success achieved by Network Newfoundland and Labrador in attracting new call centres and new jobs to the Province in recent years. Small business development will also continue to play a major role in government's overall economic development agenda. A small business advisory council will be established in 2002 to provide ongoing advice and support to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Rural Development on appropriate new measures that can help grow this vital and dynamic part of our economy. Funding, in the amount of $2.6 million, will be renewed for the Strategic Enterprise Development Fund in the department to directly encourage new small business startups and expansions in all areas of the Province. The significant resources being allocated by the department reflect government's strong commitment to an action oriented and progressive economic development agenda. This morning I will respond, if possible, to the particular inquiries that might be put forward. However, I realize my limitations as well in terms of a knowledge base. So I will, in many instances, if and when needed, defer to the officials of the department to provide the information that you might require. Thank you. — 5 February 20092009-02-05—
Government Services Committee — 26 April 20162016-04-26—
Resource Committee — Department of Transportation and Works — 26 April 20102010-04-26—
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