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Government Services Committee — Department of this government — 21 May 19921992-05-21—
Social Services Committee — Department of Health — 3 April 19951995-04-03—
Social Services Committee — Department of Education and Training — 3 April 19951995-04-03—
Government Services Committee — Department of Works, Services and Transportation — 6 May 19911991-05-06—
Social Services Committee — 7 June 19931993-06-07—
Resource Committee — Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation. I would first like to start by asking the Committee if they would introduce themselves, but I first should note that we do have a substitute. Ms Rogers is filling in for Ms Michael. Welcome. We will just ask the Committee where you are from, your district and your name, please. MR. CROSS: Eli Cross, MHA for Bonavista North. MS PERRY: Tracey Perry, MHA, Fortune Bay Cape La Hune. MR. RUSSELL: Keith Russell, Lake Melville. MR. BALL: Dwight Ball, Humber Valley. — 3 May 20122012-05-03—
Public Accounts Committee — Department of Health for review, and then recommendation back to the department. There was a lot of weakness in this process, as you can imagine with disabilities, and the evaluation of whether someone is disabled can be very difficult. We recognize that, and we recognize the fact there were a lot of pressures being brought to bear on family doctors and the like by, I am sure, long-term patients of those doctors, et cetera. We recognize that there were some deficiencies and there were criticisms from a number of sources about the way we dealt with disability pensions, so in 1994 we went out and hired Atlantic Offshore Medical Services. I believe we did a kind of tender on that and Atlantic Offshore Medical Services were hired, as a result of that tender, to adjudicate medical aspects of the applications. So it is an outside, independent, medical operation. All of the medical or disability pension applications now are sent out to Atlantic Offshore, and they come back with an independent recommendation to government and a decision is made. Since that time, as noted here, disability applications have reduced by almost 40 per cent per year. So people are aware, in the system now, that it is much more difficult and the requirements for disability are much more stringent, and that they do go out to outside medical advisors. It is a much more difficult pension now to access. We believe that this system of using an outside consultant is largely responsible for the reduction in the applications that are coming forward. Also in that regard, the Atlantic Offshore Medical Services will use occupational therapists and the like to determine whether people are in fact able to return to work, et cetera. The last item that I will just deal with, and to some extent would like to talk about, is the Teachers' Ancillary Pension Plan. That is the thirty-and-out plan that I mentioned in the Teachers' Pension Plan. There were various particulars raised in the Au1998-11-19—
Government Services Committee — Department of Works, Services and Transportation. The members of my Committee are Mr. Jack Byrne who is the vice-chair, Anthony Sparrow, Wally Andersen and Mr. Doug Oldford. I want to welcome the minister and his staff this morning. I will say that usually we give the minister fifteen minutes for opening remarks. The vice-chair has fifteen minutes to respond. We will interact back and forth with the members on questioning. Minister, you can start by introducing your staff this morning and then we can proceed. MR. MATTHEWS: Thank you, Chair, and thank you for having us this early in the week and this early in the morning. I am going to start by letting my staff introduce themselves so that we will get their titles right, and so that you will hear their voice at least once during the proceedings today. The Deputy Minister is to my immediate left, Barbara Wakeham. I know for sure who she is. She is the boss. — 11 May 19981998-05-11—
Resource Committee — Department of Development and Rural Renewal — 17 May 19991999-05-17—
Public Accounts Committee — Department of Finance — 7 February 20002000-02-07—
Government Services Committee — Department of Finance — 5 April 20192019-04-05—
Social Services Committee — Department of Education for approval. Could I have a motion to approve the Social Services Committee meeting minutes for April 26, 2012? MR. CRUMMELL: So moved. — 30 April 20122012-04-30—
Public Accounts Committee — Department of Children, Seniors and Social Development, sorry — 22 June 20172017-06-22—
Government Services Committee — Department of Finance, a continuation of our meeting from a couple of days ago — 17 April 20252025-04-17—
Government Services Committee — Department of Justice — 4 June 20102010-06-04—
Social Services Committee — Department of Seniors, Wellness and Social Development was established in September of 2014. For 2016-17 the department has a total budget of just over $20 million and a total of 41 full-time employees. The department has dedicated focus and efforts in the areas of seniors, adult protection, wellness, recreation and sport, poverty reduction and the inclusion of persons with disabilities. Seniors, Wellness and Social Development takes a proactive, preventative and integrated approach to living well and living more equitably and inclusively in the province by addressing social and economic factors from the earliest stages of life and across the lifespan. Seniors; with respect to seniors we aim to promote healthy aging across the lifespan and foster a healthy society which honours, listens to, and includes seniors in building stronger, more dynamic communities. We are also committed to protecting adults who are at risk of abuse and neglect. In the area of wellness we provide leadership and focus and progressive measures to help all people in the province adopt healthier habits and more active lifestyles, from birth to seniors' years through initiatives which provide support and reduce barriers to healthy, active living. To further strengthen our work in this area work is now underway on the development of a new wellness plan which will further encourage all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians to work to improve their personal health and wellness and that of their communities. We are also focused on reducing, alleviating and preventing poverty and ensuring that every citizen is provided the opportunity to share fully in our society and economy. As was noted in the Budget Speech, our government aims to ensure the impact of the fiscal reality is lessened on the most vulnerable, including low-income seniors, individuals, families and persons with disabilities. The Budget Speech also highlighted the fact that, as a province, we must foster a support2016-04-20—
Social Services Committee — Department of Health and Community Services — 4 February 20302030-02-04—
Government Services Committee — Department of Human Resources was contacted on this - or community services - about these households. MR. J. BYRNE: Both. MR. K. AYLWARD: Were they both contacted on this? Yes? Was there any insurance on the houses? WITNESS: (Inaudible). MR. K. AYLWARD: No insurance? Okay. I certainly wouldn't mind checking out whichever. If there are two of them, I wouldn't mind being notified of where they are. I certainly will check with the other departments to see whether or not maybe there are some resources they might have. MR. J. BYRNE: Thank you. I will move on. I don't know what part your department plays in this but your department, with the Department of Forest Resources and Agrifoods, with respect to the spray program this year for the hemlock looper and sawfly, if there is going to be one this year, what chemicals will be used? When will it occur, and what will be the projected cost of the program? Also, how successful was the program last year? MR. K. AYLWARD: Mr. Chairman, there will be a spray program this year. I will ask the officials to maybe give some more detail, but there will be a spray program. There is a major problem on the Northern Peninsula, in Central and parts of the West Coast with both of those, the sawfly and the hemlock looper, this year. I believe that the Department of Forestry has put an application in for a spray program through environmental assessment and that includes, is it Mimic, I think is one, is it Ken? MR. DOMINIE: Yes, Mimic and Bt. Bt is a bacteriological agent; Mimic is a chemical agent. So, these two projects have been registered under the environment assessment process. They are undergoing assessment at the moment. I do not have the dates when the decision is (inaudible), but they will come because they were registered, I do believe, about a month ago. MR. J. BYRNE: So, the funding for these programs will come out of Forestry and Agriculture, I suppose, will it? MR. K. AYLWARD: Yes, it will come out2023-02-04—
Resource Committee — Department of Rural Renewal — 19 May 19981998-05-19—
Resource Committee — department of fisheriesforestryand agriculture — 3 June 20212021-06-03—
Resource Committee — Department of Mines and Energy, and the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture — 27 March 20012001-03-27—
Resource Committee — department of immigration skillsand labour — 20 October 20202020-10-20—
Government Services Committee — 18 April 20162016-04-18—
Social Services Committee — Department of government — 28 April 19941994-04-28—
Resource Committee — Department of Natural Resources … — 14 September 20152015-09-14—
Public Accounts Committee — Department of Justice — 3 December 19961996-12-03—
Social Services Committee — Department of government, so we'll start with them — 19 October 20202020-10-19—
Social Services Committee — Department of Social Services we had some substitutions — 12 May 19921992-05-12—
Social Services Committee — Department of Social Services — 6 April 19951995-04-06—
Resource Committee — department of advanced educations skillsand labour — 9 May 20172017-05-09—
Government Services Committee — Department of Finance, total heads, carried. — 1 May 20012001-05-01—
Social Services Committee — Department of Education — 1 May 20132013-05-01—
Social Services Committee — Department of Health and Community Services — 4 March 20092009-03-04—
Government Services Committee — Department of Justice — 19 May 19921992-05-19—
Public Accounts Committee — Department of Health and Community Services — 18 July 20132013-07-18—
Resource Committee — Department of Fisheries — 7 May 19911991-05-07—
Social Services Committee — Department of Environment and Labour — 29 April 19971997-04-29—
Public Accounts Committee — Department of Social Services — 9 December 19961996-12-09—
Government Services Committee — Department of Finance, Public Service Commission and the Consolidated Fund Services. Just a little housekeeping with regard to when it's your turn to speak, I'd ask you to raise your hand, wait for your tally light to turn red and continue on. Starting with MHA Wakeham, I'd certainly ask that we introduce ourselves this morning. And we are starting off with MHA Wakeham. T. WAKEHAM: Tony Wakeham, MHA, Stephenville - Port au Port. J. BROWN: Jordan Brown, MHA, Labrador West. S. KENT: Steven Kent, researcher for the Third Party caucus office. T. OSBORNE: Tom Osborne, Waterford Valley. M. WINTER: Megan Winter, researcher with the Official Opposition caucus. C. PARDY: Craig Pardy, MHA, District of Bonavista. L. STOYLES: Lucy Stoyles, MHA, Mount Pearl North. J. HOGAN: John Hogan, MHA, Windsor Lake. — 4 June 20212021-06-04—
Social Services Committee — Department of Justice to the Social Services Committee tonight — 1 May 20122012-05-01—
Social Services Committee — Department of Justice — 25 April 19941994-04-25—
Social Services Committee — Department of Health and Community Services, Executive and Support Services, 1.1.01 to 1.2.02 inclusive. — 8 June 20212021-06-08—
Public Accounts Committee — Department of Education — 30 July 19911991-07-30—
Public Accounts Committee — Department of Municipal Affairs, and the Housing Corporation, that there would be sufficient demand in those communities to warrant land assembly and proper land development. — 13 May 19971997-05-13—
Resource Committee — department of tourism culture industryandinnovation — 18 June 20192019-06-18—
Social Services Committee — Department of Children, Seniors and Social Development, and Newfoundland and Labrador Housing. We have a couple of substitutions this evening. We have Ms. Perry substituting for Mr. Brazil and Mr. Lester substituting for Mr. Parsons. There are three hours of time allotted for this review. We'll start by asking the Committee to introduce themselves. MS. PERRY: Tracey Perry, MHA, Fortune Bay - Cape La Hune. MS. DRODGE: Megan Drodge, Researcher with the Official Opposition caucus. MR. LESTER: Jim Lester, MHA, Mount Pearl North. MR. REID: Scott Reid, St. George's - Humber. MS. ROGERS: Gerry Rogers. I work for the good people of St. John's Centre. MS. WILLIAMS: Susan Williams, Researcher, NDP. MS. PARSLEY: Betty Parsley, MHA, Harbour Main. MR. WARR: Brian Warr, Baie Verte - Green Bay. MR. DEAN: Jerry Dean, MHA, Exploits. — 25 April 20182018-04-25—
Resource Committee — department of advanced education and skills — 9 May 20162016-05-09—
Social Services Committee — Department of Health and Community Services — 5 November 20102010-11-05—
Social Services Committee — Department of Environment — 13 April 20222022-04-13—
Public Accounts Committee — Department of Transportation and Works, we work with contractors — 22 October 20152015-10-22—
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