Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly — Hansard, 2025

The 51st General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador convened for its opening sitting. Paul Lane, MHA for Mount Pearl - Southlands, was acclaimed as Speaker and formally approved by the Lieutenant Governor. Her Honour addressed the…

Question Period focused heavily on health care system pressures, particularly the doubling of patients awaiting alternate levels of care (from 146 to 327), seniors' treatment in personal care homes, and individual cases of inadequate home…

Question Period focused heavily on health care delivery challenges, including cancer treatment wait times, physician recruitment in rural areas, and ambulance response delays. The Opposition also pressed ministers on school infrastructure…

Question Period focused heavily on health care system challenges, including lengthy wait times for autism diagnosis and therapy (2½ years), continued reliance on private agency nurses despite lack of tracking, and emergency dispatch…

Question Period focused heavily on the Seniors' Advocate's new report criticizing the government's seven-year delay in addressing systemic issues in long-term care and personal care homes. The Opposition pressed for timelines on…

Question Period was dominated by affordability and food insecurity concerns following a new report showing over 30 per cent of Newfoundland and Labrador households are food insecure, with the Opposition pressing for higher benefits and…

Question Period was dominated by an extended Opposition attack on the government's decision to book the entire $520-million tobacco settlement as revenue in a single fiscal year, which the Opposition argued understates the deficit ahead…

Question Period focused heavily on government commitments and accountability, particularly around emergency compensation for fire evacuees, the shingles vaccine for seniors, and the sugar tax. Housing and homelessness issues dominated the…

The sitting opened with a point of order and withdrawal of a personal comment made during the previous day's Question Period, followed by extended budget debate on the Opposition's non-confidence amendment covering the economy, health…

Question Period was dominated by health care and public safety concerns, notably the integration of volunteer fire departments into the provincial ambulance/911 system and the lack of funding for their growing medical-call workload…

Question Period focused heavily on public safety concerns amid rising gun violence and police vacancies, as well as ongoing debates over seniors' access to the shingles vaccine. Additional topics included procurement policies favouring…

Question Period focused heavily on health care staffing and oversight, particularly the Auditor General's findings on personal care homes, nurse recruitment and retention, and the Janeway bed vacancy controversy. The Opposition also…

The House convened for the presentation of Budget 2025 by Minister of Finance S. Coady. The Minister delivered a comprehensive budget speech outlining the government's fiscal plan, including a projected deficit of $372 million for 2025-26…

Question Period focused heavily on health care challenges, particularly physician shortages in rural areas, long-term care bed closures, and emergency room overcrowding. The Opposition also pressed government on budget timing, pay equity…

Question Period focused heavily on housing, health care access, and public safety. The Opposition pressed the government on delays in staffing the Boston trade office, vacant social housing units, long wait times for developmental…

Question Period focused heavily on the government's response to U.S. tariff threats, health care spending and infrastructure, housing and homelessness, land purchases for a new hospital, firefighting equipment allocation, and municipal…

Question Period focused heavily on two main themes: the government's $200 million contingency fund for potential U.S. tariffs and a controversial $50 million health care budget reduction. The Opposition pressed ministers on specifics of…

Question Period focused heavily on the government's response to U.S. tariffs, with the Opposition pressing for details on the $200 million contingency fund and immediate cost-of-living relief measures such as eliminating the sugar tax and…

Question Period was dominated by two major themes: allegations of improper land deals by the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, and the government's response to U.S. tariffs. The Opposition pressed on discrepancies in…

Question Period was dominated by Opposition attacks on the Liberal government's land dealings and its management of the health care system. The Official Opposition pressed the Housing Minister on the sale of Crown land off Snows Lane for…

The House sat for the fourth and final day of an extraordinary debate under Standing Order 8(7) on the Memorandum of Understanding between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec. Members from both sides questioned NL Hydro…

The House met in an extraordinary special sitting under Standing Order 8(7) to debate the Memorandum of Understanding between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec. The third day of the four-day debate featured questioning of…

The entire sitting was devoted to day two of an extraordinary debate (pursuant to Standing Order 8(7)) on the Memorandum of Understanding between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec regarding the Churchill River developments…

The House of Assembly was recalled under Standing Order 8(7) for an extraordinary four-day debate on the Memorandum of Understanding between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec for a new long-term energy purchase and…