We know those memories are very vivid today. Still today we weep as we remember the impact of the tragedy, but we know the families remember that last contact - the last smile, the last hug, the last conversation. As impossible as it is for us to truly imagine that we share in the pain and the memories of a year of agonizing firsts - that first missing birthday smile, that first empty Christmas season. We are with you in spirit.Īs impossible as it is for us to begin to imagine the pain of this tragedy and the emptiness that the families feel - these are truly holes that will never be filled. We are heartbroken as a province, as a nation, and we are thinking of the families and those left behind today. We offer our deepest condolences to the families, friends, and neighbours, who loved and were loved by those taken from us. Heidi Stevenson, Elizabeth Joanne Thomas, Aaron Tuck, Emily Tuck, Jolene Oliver, Joey Webber, and John Zahl. Speaker, I join the Premier in remembering Tom Bagley, Kristen Beaton, baby Beaton, Greg Blair, Jamie Blair, Joy Bond, Peter Bond, Corrie Ellison, Gina Goulet, Frank Gulenchyn, Dawn Gulenchyn, Lillian Campbell Hyslop, Alanna Jenkins, Sean McLeod, Lisa McCully, Heather O'Brien, Const. THE SPEAKER « » : The honourable Leader of the Official Opposition. Speaker, following comments from the members opposite, I ask that all members of the Legislature join together in two minutes of silence to remember and honour those we lost one year ago. Together we remember Tom Bagley, Kristen Beaton, Greg Blair, Jamie Blair, Joy Bond, Peter Bond, Lillian Campbell Hyslop, Corrie Ellison, Gina Goulet, Alanna Jenkins, Sean McLeod, Dawn Madsen, Frank Gulenchyn, Lisa McCully, Heather O'Brien, Jolene Oliver, Aaron Tuck, Emily Tuck, Heidi Stevenson, Elizabeth Thomas, John Zahl, and Joey Webber. Speaker, today we mark a solemn anniversary and remember our fellow Nova Scotians who lost their lives on April 18 and 19, 2020. THE SPEAKER « » : The honourable Premier. TABLING REPORTS, REGULATIONS AND OTHER PAPERS THE SPEAKER « » : Okay, once we receive a copy of that petition - I'll accept it now under advisement, and we'll come back with the confirmation of tabling later on, once we receive that from the honourable member. The petition contains 409 names, and according to the Rules of the House, I have affixed my name. Speaker, I beg leave to present a petition with the operative clause: "We, the undersigned citizens of the communities of Canso, Little Dover, Tickle, Hazel Hill and Fox Island, request that due to environmental, health and economic concerns, the Government of Nova Scotia cease any support of the MLS Canso Spaceport." The honourable member for Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie. The petition contains 193 signatures, and I have affixed mine as per the Rules of the House. "We, the undersigned, residents of Southside Boularderie, call upon the Province of Nova Scotia for immediate action for all necessary improvements to the paved section as well as the gravelled section of the above-listed road to provide a safe surface, which our community deserves." Speaker, I beg leave to table a petition, the operative clause being: There are 274 signatures on this petition, and I have affixed my own signature according to the Rules of the House. Speaker, I'd like to table a petition, the operative clause of which is: "We, the undersigned, call upon the provincial government to re-establish rent control in Nova Scotia, now." The honourable member for Dartmouth North.
The petition contains 106 signatures, and I have also affixed mine as per the Rules of the House. Speaker, I beg leave to table a petition, the operative clause being: "We, the undersigned residents of Black Rock/Table Head Road, call upon the Province of Nova Scotia for immediate action for all necessary improvements to the paved section as well as the gravel section of the road to provide a safe surface, which our community deserves." The honourable member for Victoria-The Lakes. THE SPEAKER « » : The petition is tabled. There are 305 signatures and I have affixed my own, according to the Rules of the House. "we, the undersigned, ask the Province of NS to work with NS Health to ensure stable and permanent satellite mental health and addictions services at accessible locations in the community of Dartmouth North." Speaker, I beg leave to table a petition, the operative clause which is: THE SPEAKER « » : The honourable member for Dartmouth North. Before we begin the daily routine, due to the delay in start time I will ask for unanimous consent of all members that we go until 10:30 a.m.