HANSARD
NOVA SCOTIA HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
STANDING COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN RESOURCES
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Committee Room
Appointments to Agencies, Boards and Commissions
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HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE
Chris Palmer (Chair)
Melissa Sheehy-Richard (Vice Chair)
Dave Ritcey
John A. MacDonald
Nolan Young
Hon. Tony Ince
Ali Duale
Kendra Coombes
Suzy Hansen
[Melissa Sheehy-Richard was replaced by John White.]
In Attendance:
Gordon Hebb
Chief Legislative Counsel
Judy Kavanagh
Legislative Committee Clerk
HALIFAX, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2023
STANDING COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
1:00 P.M.
CHAIR
Chris Palmer
VICE CHAIR
Melissa Sheehy-Richard
THE CHAIR: Order. I call this meeting to order. This is the Standing Committee on Human Resources. I’m Chris Palmer, MLA for Kings West and Chair of this committee.
We’re going to break just a little bit of protocol here at this meeting. In honour of and reflection on some of the things that our province has been going through over the last couple of weeks, with some of the devastation and unfortunate loss of life of some of our fellow Nova Scotians, I’d like to have a moment of silence for those who lost their lives, and for the families and the communities who are dealing with the catastrophe.
If we could have a moment of silence, please.
[A moment of silence was observed.]
THE CHAIR: Thank you all.
Today we will review the appointments to agencies, boards, and commissions. I’d ask you all at this point to set your phones to silent, as usual. I’ll ask all committee members to introduce themselves for the record by stating their name and their constituency. We’ll begin on my left with MLA White.
[The committee members introduced themselves.]
THE CHAIR: I would like to also recognize, for the purposes of Hansard, Chief Legislative Counsel Gordon Hebb to my left, and Legislative Committee Clerk Judy Kavanagh to my right.
At this point, we will move on to our committee business, the agencies, boards, and commissions appointments. Do we have some motions? MLA MacDonald.
JOHN A. MACDONALD: For the Department of Agriculture, I move to recommend that Kevin Colvey and Rod Kennedy be appointed as directors to the Nova Scotia Farm Loan Board.
THE CHAIR: There is a motion on the table. Is there any discussion?
All those in favour? Contrary minded? Thank you.
The motion is carried.
MLA MacDonald.
JOHN A. MACDONALD: For the Department of Health and Wellness, I move to recommend that Doreen Campbell be appointed as member of the board of the Nova Scotia College of Chiropractors.
THE CHAIR: There is a motion on the table. Is there any discussion?
All those in favour? Contrary minded? Thank you.
The motion is carried.
MLA MacDonald.
JOHN A. MACDONALD: For the Department of Justice, I move to recommend that Alexander MacKillop be appointed as part-time director of the Nova Scotia Legal Aid Commission.
THE CHAIR: There is a motion on the table. Is there any discussion?
All those in favour? Contrary minded? Thank you.
The motion is carried.
MLA MacDonald.
JOHN A. MACDONALD: Last but not least, Mr. Chair, for the Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration, I move to recommend that Craig Blatz, Greg DeMont, and Josh Surette be appointed as members and trade representatives to the Technical Safety Advisory Board.
Additionally, I move to recommend that Craig Arthur and Kevin Karnis be appointed members at large to the Technical Safety Advisory Board.
THE CHAIR: There is a motion on the table. Is there any discussion?
All those in favour? Contrary minded? Thank you.
The motion is carried.
That ends our agencies, boards, and commissions appointments. With no other business, our next meeting will be September 5th. It will be an agenda-setting meeting.
We’d like to ask each caucus to please send its proposed topics and witnesses to the clerk by Tuesday, August 22nd - so in approximately three weeks.
If there’s no other business, our next meeting will be September 5th from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. We’ll have our agencies, boards, and commissions, and then the agenda-setting.
Without any opposition, I adjourn the meeting.
[The committee adjourned at 1:04 p.m.]
