MR. CHAIRMAN: Good afternoon, I will call this meeting to order. We have several things to consider today, the first one being the Department of Community Services. The floor is open for nominations.
MS. EILEEN O'CONNELL: Mr. Chairman, the letter we have before us, which I think we have seen before, it is in the book, right?
MS. MORA STEVENS (Legislative Committee Coordinator): No, I don't think it is. (Interruptions) Yes, it is in the book, sorry.
MS. O'CONNELL: It seems to me that the letter was asking for reappointments, but two out of the three people did not apply - is that correct? - so there is nothing we can do about that? Yes, the only one who reapplied was Ann Bellefontaine.
MS. STEVENS: No. Karen Ross.
MS. O'CONNELL: Oh, I'm sorry, Karen Ross; so two out of three. Presumably we can't respond to somebody who hasn't re-offered, right?
MR. CHAIRMAN: I wouldn't think. That would be beyond the scope of the committee.
MR. JOHN HOLM: They either didn't re-offer or were not picked for reappointment.
MS. O'CONNELL: Well, the note on the letter in the book says that she was wanted but didn't re-offer. Okay, I just wondered about that.
The only other thing is - and I don't know if it matters or not - there are two different amounts of remuneration for this board. On the Board Information Chart we are told that members get $183.75 per month plus mileage. On the Standing Committee on Human Resources guideline chart, we are told $125 per month plus mileage. If these poor people have to downsize and close an institution, I hope they get the larger amount. I don't know.
MR. CHAIRMAN: I don't either.
MS. STEVENS: The difference being that the Board Information Chart is on the computer at the Executive Council's office, so anytime remuneration has been looked at, that's why we had question six put on the guidelines so we could have updated amounts. When I see those things, then they will be clarified and checked to see which is the proper amount. It should be the one on the guideline; that's the one we always go by because that is done by the department.
MS. O'CONNELL: So the remuneration has gone down.
MS. STEVENS: Yes. A lot of remuneration was looked at after the report done by the Human Rights Commission.
MS. O'CONNELL: I would be happy to nominate these people. I so move Ann B. Bellefontaine, Tom J. Bowlin and Karen Ross for the Halifax County Regional Rehabilitation Centre.
MR. JAMES MUIR: Mr. Chairman, I thought somebody just said that only two had applied.
MS. O'CONNELL: Two of the original three re-offered; the third one did not. There is a third person on the list, but it is not the person they are asking us to reappoint, because her name has not been brought forward.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Would all those in favour of the motion please say Aye. Contrary minded, Nay.
The motion is carried.
The Department of the Environment, Management Consortium for Environmental Technologies of Nova Scotia. Would somebody make a motion, please.
MR. MUIR: Mr. Chairman, I so move that Raymond P. Côté; Thomas Hall; Michael D. Morrissey; and Jacquelyn T. Scott, Ph.D, be appointed to the Management Consortium for Environmental Technologies of Nova Scotia.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Would all those in favour of the motion please say Aye. Contrary mined, Nay.
The motion is carried.
The Department of Health, Registered Nurses Association of Nova Scotia Board of Directors. (Interruptions)
MS. O'CONNELL: I guess Peter looked into it and it is all right, but I wouldn't mind clarifying . . .
MR. CHAIRMAN: Would somebody make the motion, please.
MS. O'CONNELL: May I clarify something first, Mr. Chairman?
MR. CHAIRMAN: Oh, only because it's you.
MS. O'CONNELL: I just want to confirm that these, I gather, are the outside members, the GIC appointments, not the Registered Nurses Association appointments. Is that correct; the non-member representation, as provided for in the Act?
MR. PETER DELEFES: Mr. Chairman, I think they are because the 12 association members have already been appointed and their complement is full.
I will make the motion, Mr. Chairman, that G. Murray MacDonald, Susanne MacKenzie and Dale Palmer be accepted for the Registered Nurses Association of Nova Scotia Board of Directors.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Would all those in favour of the motion please say Aye. Contrary minded, Nay.
The motion is carried.
Psychiatric Facilities Review Board under the Hospitals Act.
HON. KENNETH MACASKILL: Mr. Chairman, I so move the names of Lawrence MacKinnon Buffett, Katherine Flynn, Ian Tay Landry, Dr. Alistair Munro and Judith A. Patterson.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Would all those in favour of the motion please say Aye. Contrary minded, Nay.
The motion is carried.
Eastern Regional Health Board. Could we have a motion.
HON. CLIFFORD HUSKILSON: Mr. Chairman, I so move Joseph E. O'Connor, Edith L. Anderson, Betty MacNeil and Alfred A. Poirier as members of the Eastern Regional Health Board.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Would all those in favour of the motion please say Aye. Contrary minded, Nay.
The motion is carried.
Western Regional Health Board.
MR. HUSKILSON: Mr. Chairman, I so move Karen A. Cook, Kimberley Monette and Yvon Thibault as members of the Western Regional Health Board.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Would all those in favour of the motion please say Aye. Contrary minded, Nay.
The motion is carried.
The Department of Justice, Legal Aid Commission of Nova Scotia.
MR. MACASKILL: Mr. Chairman, I so move the names of Glen McDougall; M. Louise Campbell; David Curtis, Q.C.; Michael A. Lambert; Christopher Manning; and Heidi Marshall to the Legal Aid Commission of Nova Scotia.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Would all those in favour of the motion please say Aye. Contrary minded, Nay.
The motion is carried.
The Review Board under the Criminal Code.
MR. MUIR: Mr. Chairman, I so move that J. Walter Thompson, Q.C. be appointed as a member of the Review Board under the Criminal Code.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Would all those in favour of the motion please say Aye. Contrary minded, Nay.
The motion is carried.
Department of Labour, the Fire Prevention Advisory Council.
HON. KEITH COLWELL: Mr. Chairman, I so move Mr. Charles Dearman and Michael Ferguson as members.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Would all those in favour of the motion please say Aye. Contrary minded, Nay.
The motion is carried.
The L.P. Gas Regulations Board of Examiners.
MR. HUSKILSON: Mr. Chairman, I so move Daniel Joseph O'Brien and Timothy M. Sullivan as members of the L.P. Gas Regulations Board of Examiners.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Would all those in favour of the motion please say Aye. Contrary minded, Nay.
The motion is carried.
The Occupational Health and Safety Appeal Panel.
MR. MACASKILL: Mr. Chairman, I so move the names of Paul Voynovich, Rhona Green, Hugh MacArthur and Miriam Regan-MacNeil to the Occupational Health and Safety Appeal Panel.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Yes, Mr. Holm.
MR. HOLM: Just a question on Paul Voynovich. In looking at the other three, they are certainly all new appointments and looking at the expiry date of members who are appointed, I think there were five who had expired and we have four being appointed. Do we know which one of the others who aren't being replaced he is replacing? It looks like there may be a vacancy left.
MS. STEVENS: Since he is being appointed as chair, I would automatically assume it would be Michael Hewitt, because Michael Hewitt is down on the board member's chart as the previous chair.
MR. HOLM: Yes, but I am not sure if he is there as chair or maybe a co-chair.
MS. STEVENS: That I don't know. (Interruption)
MR. HOLM: But there are a couple of others who also had their terms expired and I think there were the five who had their terms up and four appointments, so it looks like there may be a vacancy left.
MS. O'CONNELL: Mr. Chairman, that would mean that the chair has resigned early; Mr. Hewitt's term was up in 2001.
MS. STEVENS: That might mean that he just resigned as chair and is still acting as a member. If he resigned, he would not be on that list, so he is probably just going to move to be a member once the new chair is appointed.
MS. O'CONNELL: Okay, so there is one vacancy.
MS. STEVENS: Yes.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Thank you for the clarifications by all.
Would all those in favour of the motion please say Aye. Contrary minded, Nay.
The motion is carried.
Workers' Compensation Board.
MR. COLWELL: Mr. Chairman, I so move Jim Neville.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Would all those in favour of the motion please say Aye. Contrary minded, Nay.
The motion is carried.
The Boxing Authority Board of Nova Scotia, the Department of Natural Resources.
MR. MUIR: I so move, Mr. Chairman, that R.H. (Dick) MacLean be appointed as Chair; Hubert E. Earle as Referee-in-Chief; and Ricky K. Anderson, Francis (Rocky) MacDougall, John Myers MacNeil and Murray Sleep as members.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Would all those in favour of the motion please say Aye. Contrary minded, Nay.
The motion is carried.
The Primary Forest Products Marketing Board of Nova Scotia.
MR. HUSKILSON: Mr. Chairman, I so move Gertrude Dares, James Bremner and Richard Brunt.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Would all those in favour of the motion please say Aye. Contrary minded, Nay.
The motion is carried.
That's all I have in my book, do you people have any . . .
MS. STEVENS: That's it.
MR. CHAIRMAN: I guess that's all there is.
This meeting is adjourned.
[The committee adjourned at 2:17 p.m.]
