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STANDING COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
Mr. David Wilson, Glace Bay (Chairman)
Hon. David Morse
Hon. Christopher d'Entremont
Mr. Chuck Porter
Mr. Charles Parker
Ms. Joan Massey
Mr. Percy Paris
Mr. Michel Samson
Ms. Diana Whalen
In Attendance:
Ms. Jana Hodgson
Legislative Committee Clerk
Mr. Gordon Hebb
Legislative Counsel
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HALIFAX, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2008
STANDING COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
11:00 A.M.
CHAIRMAN
Mr. David Wilson (Glace Bay)
MR. CHAIRMAN: Order, please. Let's call the meeting to order. We're not dealing with anything other than the appointments on the paper, that was agreed to. (Interruptions) Order, please. For the record, let's start our introductions.
[The committee members introduced themselves.]
MR. CHAIRMAN: I call the meeting to order for our Standing Committee on Human Resources - agency, board and commission appointments.
The Department of Community Services, Round Table on Early Childhood Development. Mr. Morse.
HON. DAVID MORSE: Mr. Chairman, to the Round Table on Early Childhood Development, I so move Marquise Sopher as vice-chair.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Is there any further discussion? Would all those in favour of the motion please say Aye. Contrary minded, Nay.
The motion is carried.
The Department of Education, Acadia University Foundation. Mr. Morse.
MR. MORSE: Mr. Chairman, to the Acadia University Foundation, I so move George Bishop as a member.
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MR. CHAIRMAN: Is there any further discussion? Would all those in favour of the motion please say Aye. Contrary minded, Nay.
The motion is carried.
The Mount Saint Vincent University Board of Governors. Mr. d'Entremont.
HON. CHRISTOPHER D'ENTREMONT: Mr. Chairman, to the Mount Saint Vincent University Board of Governors, I so move Anne-Louise Dauphinee and Karen Hatcher as members.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Is there any further discussion? Would all those in favour of the motion please say Aye. Contrary minded, Nay.
The motion is carried.
The Department of Health, Health Authority 9, Capital District - Queen Elizabeth Health Sciences Centre and Nova Scotia Hospital. Mr. Morse.
MR. MORSE: Mr. Chairman, to the Capital District Health Authority - Queen Elizabeth Health Sciences Centre and Nova Scotia Hospital - I so move Oscar Wong as a member.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Is there any further discussion? Would all those in favour of the motion please say Aye. Contrary minded, Nay.
The motion is carried.
The Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage, Gaelic College Foundation Board of Governors. Mr. Samson.
MR. MICHEL SAMSON: Mr. Chairman, to the Gaelic College Foundation Board of Governors, I so move David R. Campbell, Q.C., John A. Macpherson, and Rev. Sandra Morrison as members. May I point out that Rev. Sandra Morrison is a native of St. Peter's, Richmond County, and I'm sure will be a very valuable member of the Gaelic College Foundation.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Is there any further discussion? Would all those in favour of the motion please say Aye. Contrary minded, Nay.
The motion is carried.
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The Advisory Council on Heritage Property. Mr. d'Entremont.
MR. D'ENTREMONT: I so move Einar Christensen, Maida Barton Follini, Dr. Richard MacKinnon, Peter McCurdy, and Alan V. Parish as members of the Heritage Property Advisory Council.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Is there any further discussion? Would all those in favour of the motion please say Aye. Contrary minded, Nay.
The motion is carried.
The Nova Scotia Museum Board of Governors. Mr. Morse.
MR. MORSE: Mr. Chairman, I so move Sharon D. Ross and David Williamson as members of the Nova Scotia Museum Board of Governors.
[11:15 a.m.]
MR. CHAIRMAN: Is there any further discussion? Would all those in favour of the motion please say Aye. Contrary minded, Nay.
The motion is carried.
The Sherbrooke Restoration Commission. Mr. d'Entremont.
MR. D'ENTREMONT: I so move Brenda Alexander, Garry Wayne Giffin, and Michael McGinn as commissioners of the Sherbrooke Restoration Commission.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Is there any further discussion? Would all those in favour of the motion please say Aye. Contrary minded, Nay.
The motion is carried.
Ms. Massey.
MS. JOAN MASSEY: Seriously, Mr. Chairman, I do apologize, I wasn't at the last meeting, but if I had been at the last meeting I would have tabled these two motions that I had formatted. So can I make those motions now?
MR. CHAIRMAN: I have no problem with it, if the committee has no problem with it. The purpose of this meeting today was only for the ABCs, the appointments; that was the only purpose of this meeting.
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MS. MASSEY: That's what it pertains to, if I could.
MR. CHAIRMAN: We're not dealing with them today, though.
MS. MASSEY: The motions?
MR. CHAIRMAN: No. Mr. Morse.
MR. MORSE: Mr. Chairman, if I could speak in support of your comments at the start of the meeting. I'm not averse to tabling them for consideration for the next meeting, but I would suggest that if I missed this meeting today and there was something I wanted to bring up for the next meeting, I made that decision by virtue of my absence, even if it was for a good reason. So I just want to support you in what I took to be the direction you gave at the start of the meeting.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Thank you, I wasn't looking for support. (Laughter)
MR. MORSE: Well, you got it. (Interruptions)
MR. CHAIRMAN: Well, simply it wasn't my decision, it was the decision of the committee - the whole committee - that today would be for only agencies, boards and commissions. That was the only thing we were to deal with today.
Ms. Massey, if you want to table those and have them dealt with at the next meeting, that's fine. Would you like to do that?
MS. MASSEY: Yes, that's a good compromise. I'm always into those.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Great. Our next meeting is in January - do you have the dates?
MS. JANA HODGSON (Legislative Committee Clerk): January 27th at 9:00 a.m.
MR. CHAIRMAN: January 27th at 9:00 a.m., at which point in time we'll deal with your motions that have been tabled, Ms. Massey.
I don't think we have any presenters at that time, and unless somebody else has any new business - sorry, Mr. Parker, did you . . .
MR. CHARLES PARKER: I was going to ask, is it possible, are there presenters on our list that maybe we should be considering for that date on January 27th? Do we have a list of possible presenters . . .
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MR. CHAIRMAN: We have a list of possible presenters from all . . .
MS. HODGSON: We have to hold an organizational meeting to choose from the list.
MR. CHAIRMAN: The purpose of that meeting was to be an organizational meeting, to choose from the list.
MR. PARKER: Okay, that's fine then.
MR. CHAIRMAN: So I would suggest that everyone have a very happy holiday - Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
The meeting is adjourned.
[The committee adjourned at 11:18 a.m.]
