Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly — Hansard, 2024

Question Period focused heavily on public safety and health care concerns. The Opposition pressed the government on youth violence, school safety, and policing resources following a recent assault in Mount Pearl and a town hall attended…

Question Period was dominated by health care concerns, with the Official Opposition pressing on long-term care bed shortages, alternate level of care patients occupying acute-care beds at Western Memorial, Teladoc costs versus local…

Question Period was dominated by health care, with the Official Opposition pressing on the cost of the Teladoc virtual care contract and a confidential briefing note describing unsafe conditions, physician exhaustion, and over-capacity…

Question Period focused heavily on child welfare concerns, with the Opposition citing lawyer Lynn Moore's allegations that children in care are being sexually assaulted and the system is failing. The government defended its child…

Question Period focused heavily on health care system failures and access issues, including calls for a public inquiry into alleged abuse by Tony Humby and Bruce Escott, delays in cancer treatment and stroke rehabilitation, family…

Question Period focused heavily on the government's land acquisition for a new hospital and wellness dome, with the Opposition pressing ministers on due diligence, costs, and transparency. Additional lines of questioning addressed a…

Question Period focused heavily on the government's handling of the Kenmount Crossing land acquisition for the new St. Clare's hospital, with the Opposition alleging misleading statements about acreage and costs. Additional scrutiny…

Question Period focused heavily on the government's land deal for a new acute-care hospital near Kenmount Road, with the Opposition challenging the value-for-money of purchasing land previously sold by the province at a much lower price…

Question Period focused heavily on the government's handling of a new hospital site purchase, with the Opposition challenging the lack of tendering and the $23 million price tag for land adjacent to Crown property. Additional topics…

Question Period focused heavily on the government's site selection and procurement process for the new St. Clare's hospital, with the Opposition challenging the lack of public tendering and the $23-million land purchase. The session also…

Question Period focused heavily on health care access and system failures, particularly in rural areas. The Opposition raised cases of denied rehabilitation, long ambulance wait times, unclaimed bodies in hospital freezers, and shortages…

Question Period focused heavily on health care access, particularly in rural Newfoundland and Labrador. The Official Opposition and Third Party pressed the government on physician shortages, ambulance service delays, and emergency room…

Question Period focused heavily on seniors' care and health system pressures. The Premier reversed a controversial decision to convert single-occupancy long-term care rooms to double occupancy after criticism from the Seniors' Advocate…

Question Period focused heavily on health care access and infrastructure challenges, with the Opposition pressing the Premier and Health Minister on physician shortages, wait times for diagnostic imaging, and staffing gaps in rural…

Question Period focused heavily on housing and homelessness issues, particularly the $13 million budget for the former Comfort Inn transitional facility and its slow occupancy. Other major topics included pay inequities for rural…

Question Period focused heavily on the government's decision to replace the Fogo Island ferry with a smaller vessel during peak tourist and crab fishing season, sparking accusations of inadequate consultation and harm to rural industry…

Question Period focused heavily on the government's three-year contract for a transitional supportive living facility at 106 Airport Road, with the Opposition pressing for details on capacity, costs, security, and admission criteria…

Question Period was dominated by the Opposition's frustration over the delayed Crown Lands Act legislation, which the Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture said requires more time despite a prior commitment to bring it forward…

Question Period focused heavily on food poverty and seniors' issues, with the Opposition citing Newfoundland and Labrador's highest-in-Canada rates of severe food insecurity (8.5% or 46,000 people). The government defended its record by…

Question Period was dominated by two themes: severe food insecurity and poverty affecting seniors and families, and a heated exchange over immigration and recruitment of health care workers. The Opposition pressed the government on the…

Question Period focused heavily on education and housing issues. The Opposition challenged the Premier and Minister of Education on a reported 500% increase in unqualified emergency teachers and poor student performance results, while the…

Question Period focused heavily on supports for persons with disabilities, including poverty rates, employment programs, hearing aids, cochlear implants, and the federal disability benefit. The Opposition pressed the government on funding…

Question Period focused heavily on the Liberal government's spending priorities, particularly Premier Furey's travel expenses (over $500,000 since 2020) versus support for disaster-affected communities like Cape St. George and struggling…

Question Period focused on three main themes: the death of trucker Brian Lush and calls for answers from Ontario authorities; demands for passage of the Limitations Act and Crown lands legislation this session; and concerns over poverty…

Question Period focused heavily on the Premier's recent comments about Churchill Falls and the 2041 power deal, with the Opposition demanding transparency and public consultation before any agreement is finalized. Other major themes…

Question Period focused heavily on housing and mental health service gaps, particularly in rural areas. The Opposition challenged the government on delays in opening a Gander homeless shelter, ambulance service restructuring, and…

Question Period focused heavily on health care and social policy. The Official Opposition pressed the government on job-protected leave for cancer patients, cancer screening wait-lists, and rural nursing shortages. The Third Party raised…

Question Period focused heavily on the escalating mental health and addictions crisis in Newfoundland and Labrador, with Opposition Members pressing the government on rising overdose deaths (51 in 2023, a 143% increase since 2019), lack…

Question Period focused heavily on the government's $20.7 million, three-year lease of the Comfort Hotel for transitional housing, with the Opposition criticizing the lack of occupants four months after signing and unclear plans for…

Question Period focused heavily on the government's $21-million sole-source contract for transitional supportive housing at the Airport Inn (106 Airport Road), with the Opposition criticizing slow uptake, lack of transparency on costs…

Question Period focused heavily on the 2021 cyberattack costs, the delayed PET scanner and cancer clinic at Western Memorial Hospital, travel nursing contract investigations, the Justice Minister's controversial statements on intimate…

Question Period focused heavily on federal carbon tax and provincial HST collection, the sugar-sweetened beverage tax, and health system challenges including hospital cleanliness, ambulance response times, and primary care access…

Question Period focused heavily on health care workforce issues, particularly nursing education cuts and travel nurse expenses. The Opposition challenged the government on nursing seat reductions at the College of the North Atlantic, the…

Question Period on Equal Pay Day focused heavily on health care spending and accountability, particularly regarding pay disparities for rural chemotherapy nurses, over $100 million in travel nursing agency payments, and the lack of…

Question Period focused heavily on wind-hydrogen project community benefits, the sugar tax's effectiveness and revenue, the carbon tax, and health care spending—particularly $80 million spent on private travel nurses while registered…

The House convened for the presentation of Budget 2024-25 by Minister of Finance S. Coady. The budget motion was introduced and the Minister delivered a comprehensive budget speech covering fiscal management, affordability measures…

Question Period focused heavily on structural issues in the fishing industry, with the Opposition pressing the Premier and Minister of Fisheries on timelines for addressing outside buyers, processing capacity, controlling agreements, and…

Question Period was dominated by urgent concerns over the fishing industry, with harvesters and plant workers filling the gallery and steps of Confederation Building. The Official Opposition pressed the Premier and Minister of Fisheries…

Question Period was dominated by two major issues: the ongoing fishery dispute over price-setting and processing capacity, and controversies surrounding health care contracts and the storage of unclaimed bodies at the Health Sciences…

Question Period focused heavily on two major issues: the ongoing fishery dispute and the lack of resolution for harvesters, and multiple health care controversies including a travel nurse contract, unclaimed bodies stored in containers…

Question Period focused heavily on two major issues: the ongoing fishery crisis, with harvesters protesting in the gallery and demanding action on pricing formulas and processing licences, and controversy over travel nurse contracts…

Question Period focused heavily on two major controversies: the ongoing fishery dispute involving harvesters unable to sell their catch and a proposed 20% holdback, and the Canadian Health Labs (CHL) agency nursing contracts, with the…

Question Period focused heavily on two main controversies: the lack of resolution on fishery capacity and outside buyers ahead of the crab season, and a $36 million sole-source contract with Canadian Health Labs for travel nurses that…