Bob Bromley

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Does committee agree we will deal with Bills 20 and 21 today?

Clauses 41 to 50.

---Clauses 41 through 50 inclusive approved

I’d like to call on the Sergeant-at-Arms to please bring in the witnesses.

Mr. Abernethy, if I can get you to introduce your witness.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the Minister’s commitment there. I want to note that even though time is running out for this mandate, our mandate, under current plans, the Giant Mine issue is never going to go away. The federal government needs to be put on notice now, that they must make fuller information more proactively available, starting with the supply of information to these Members.

Will the Minister make a formal request to the federal Minister for a full briefing and an opportunity for the Members of our next Assembly to direct questions at the proponent/regulators of this...

Clauses 21 to 30.

---Clauses 21 through 30 inclusive approved

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. I’d like to call on the sponsor of the bill, the Member for Great Slave, Mr. Abernethy, to see whether you wish to bring witnesses into the House.

I acknowledge the answer. It’s not one that obviously builds a lot of confidence, if the Minister doesn’t even know if he’s being updated on this important project. To my knowledge this government has taken no public position on such crucial Giant Mine issues as independent oversight, ongoing research, or public reporting. Because of the way that DIAND is running this project, both as regulator and proponent, other governments find themselves in a curious position when it comes to the environmental assessment.

Given the dismal recent record of DIAND on public accountability and refusal to...

Thank you. We’ll start by turning to page 11. Committee, clauses 1 to 10.

---Clauses 1 through 10 inclusive approved

I’d like to begin by asking the sponsoring Member, Mr. Abernethy, if he has any comments to introduce the bill.