Newfoundland and Labrador NDP Caucus

MR. SPEAKER: The Member for St. John’s North.

MR. KIRBY:Mr. Speaker, as the Child and Youth Advocate pointed out earlier this year, deficiencies in documentation and communication standards in the Department of Child, Youth and Family Services put children at risk of neglect and abuse.

NDP Leader Lorraine Michael (MHA, Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi) wants to know whether Husky Oil is considering building a natural gas plant in this province – and she wants proof that government has made $50 million from the power plant expropriated with the Abitibi mill in 2008.

NDP Transportation and Works critic George Murphy (MHA, St. John’s East) says a bit of pre-planning on government’s part could save a lot of money as well as getting necessary roads work completed in a more timely fashion.

MR. SPEAKER: The Member for St. John’s East.

MR. MURPHY:Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

As we are headed into the construction season, we have yet to hear of a majority of tenders that have yet to be announced for road construction. There are about a handful on the government Web site.