HANSARD

 

NOVA SCOTIA HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY

MANAGEMENT COMMISSION

 

 

 

 

Thursday, November 3, 2022

 

 

Committee Room

 

 

 

 

 

 

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HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY

MANAGEMENT COMMISSION

 

Hon. Keith Bain (Chair)

Angela Simmonds

Hon. Kim Masland

Hon. Allan MacMaster

Danielle Barkhouse

Hon. Derek Mombourquette

Hon. Keith Irving

Susan Leblanc

James Charlton, Chief Clerk of the House of Assembly

(Non-Voting Member)

 

[Hon. Kim Masland was replaced by John White.]

[Danielle Barkhouse was replaced by Trevor Boudreau.]

 

 

 

 

 

In Attendance:

 

Speaker’s Office Adviser

Matthew Timmons

Director of Operations and Administration

Office of the Speaker

 

Gordon Hebb

Chief Legislative Counsel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HALIFAX, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2022

 

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY MANAGEMENT COMMISSION

 

10:00 A.M.

 

CHAIR

Hon. Keith Bain

 

 

THE CHAIR: Order, please. We’ll call the House of Assembly Management Commission to order. We’ll begin with the introductions, and I guess I’ll start with myself. I’m Keith Bain, the Chair of the Management Commission and Speaker of the Legislature.

 

[The committee members introduced themselves.]

 

THE CHAIR: I also want to acknowledge Gordon Hebb, our Chief Legislative Counsel, and Matthew Timmons, Director of Operations and Administration.

 

I believe everyone has a copy of the minutes of our last meeting. I think they were presented to you earlier. Are there any corrections required for these minutes? If not, I would ask for a motion to adopt the minutes of the September 29, 2022 meeting. Mr. MacMaster. Do we have a seconder? Mr. Mombourquette.

 

All those in favour? Contrary minded? Thank you.

 

The motion is carried.

 

The purpose of today’s meeting is a proposed amendment to the House of Assembly Management Commission Regulations. That has been circulated in advance. I’m going to turn it over to the Chief Clerk to speak to the Act.

 

JAMES CHARLTON: This proposed amendment will enact a new Section 40A of the House of Assembly Management Commission Regulations. This amendment effectively sets a floor on the pay of individual deputy speakers at $12,500. It does so by authorizing an additional payment to each deputy speaker when there is more than one deputy speaker such that for each deputy speaker the sum of the salary payable under Clause 42(1)(b) of the House of Assembly Act, and the additional payment must be $12,500.

 

This additional payment is payable bi-weekly in sync with the payments of the deputy speaker salary under the House of Assembly Act. It is payable for the duration of the period during which there is more than one deputy speaker.

 

THE CHAIR: Can I have a motion that the proposed amendment to the House of Assembly Management Commission Regulations to enact Section 40A be approved? Mr. White. Do we have a seconder? Mr. Boudreau.

 

All those in favour? Contrary minded? Thank you.

 

The motion is carried.

 

That concludes the agenda for the House of Assembly Management Commission. The meeting stands adjourned.

 

[The commission adjourned at 10:03 a.m.]