NDP Justice Critic Gerry Rogers (MHA, St. John’s Centre) says the only thing surprising about the latest reversed budget decision is that it took so long for the provincial government to admit it was wrong.

In the House of Assembly today, Lorraine Michael, MHA St. John's East - Quidi Vidi, rose to present at point of privilege. The text is below.

Mr. Speaker, I rise to raise a point of privilege or a matter of contempt of the House of Assembly.
I am raising this point at the earliest opportunity having only become aware of Ed Martin’s statement late yesterday afternoon.

NDP MHAs Lorraine Michael (St. John’s East-Quidi Vidi) and Gerry Rogers (St. John’s Centre) say the Premier should bring the Auditor General in to investigate the many questions and uncertainties swirling around payments made to former Nalcor CEO Ed Martin, who left the Crown Corporation abruptly just over a month ago.

NDP Education Critic Lorraine Michael (MHA, St. John’s East-Quidi Vidi) thinks the Liberals’ oft-repeated claims of having done budget populations with 500,000 people (meaning all the people in the province) need to be down-sized.

Michael’s questions in the House of Assembly today focused on the turmoil Budget 2016 has caused in the K-12 school system.