New Brunswick.(Legislative Reports)

Publication: Canadian Parliamentary Review

Publication Date: 22-SEP-05

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The Second Session of the Fifty-fifth Legislative Assembly, which opened in December, 2004, continued sitting throughout the spring. For the first time, a legislative calendar was adopted by the House, setting out the sitting days for the remainder of the Session. As a result, following a brief sitting in December and January, the House resumed sitting on March 30, 2005, and followed a schedule of three weeks on and one week off. Given the necessity for all Members to be in their chairs due to the closeness of the House, the legislative calendar allowed Members to organize their schedules and plan constituency business for the weeks that the House was not sitting.

Pursuant to the calendar, the Assembly was scheduled to adjourn on June 10, 2005. However, given the heavy workload and the numerous Bills before the House, the Session carried on well past the scheduled end date and, after 57 sitting days, adjourning on June 30. The Legislature is scheduled to resume on December 6, 2005.

From April 29 to May 1, Speaker Bev Harrison...

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