Newfoundland and Labrador NDP Caucus

MR. SPEAKER: Order, please!

The Member for The Straits – White Bay North.

MR. SPEAKER: The hon. the Member for Signal Hill – Quidi Vidi.
SOME HON. MEMBERS: Hear, hear!

MS MICHAEL: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker.

NDP Advanced Education and Skills critic Dale Kirby (MHA, St. John’s North) wants to know if the government is stopping Adult Basic Education instructors from speaking out. He also wonders if the minister is aware of one basic reason for seemingly low graduation rates from College of the North Atlantic’s ABE programs.

NDP Leader Lorraine Michael (MHA, Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi) says government’s approach to preventative healthcare is regressive, point to the tax grab on cigarette smokers, and a massive slash to the province’s infant nutrition program