Jerome Kennedy KC, MHA, (born 10 July 1960) is a Canadian lawyer and politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, who served in the cabinets of Premier Kathy Dunderdale and Danny Williams.
He is well known for representing Randy Druken and Gregory Parsons during the Lamer Inquiry, which examined how the criminal justice system dealt with three discredited murder convictions.
Kennedy was unsuccessful in his bid for the seat, losing the election to Harris' successor as NDP leader, Lorraine Michael.
[7] In late 2008, a report entitled: Decades of Darkness: Moving towards the light, was released, which painted a scathing review of the province's correctional services.
Kennedy served in the position of Attorney General for a year, during this time he tried to secure federal funding for a new prison for the province as well he worked at streamlining the operations of the criminal justice system.
Kennedy's $6.7 billion budget put a significant focus on health and social services as well it included $800 million in infrastructure spending to stimulate the economy.
The government had agreed to giving workers a 21.5 per cent wage increase over four years and easily signed deals with the majority of the unions representing public sector employees.
[14] Kennedy told the nurses union that if they did not accept the 21.5 per cent wage increase over four years, given to other public sector employees, by 31 December 2008, that the government's offer may shrink due to the worsening economy.
[19] The province started rolling out their mass H1N1 vaccination toward the end of October, which temporarily suspended attention to other health services.