Statements in Debates
Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to conclude my statement.
---Unanimous consent granted
With that, I would like to thank the Minister and witnesses. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses out.
What is the wish of the committee? Mrs. Groenewegen.
Thank you, Mr. Minister. At this time I would like to ask the standing committee that reviewed the bill in they have any comments. Mr. Tom Beaulieu, chair of Social Programs. Mr Beaulieu.
To the bill as a whole as amended.
Okay, with that, we’ll take a short break.
---SHORT RECESS
Question is being called.
---Carried
Thank you, I call Committee of the Whole to order. In Committee of the Whole we have before us: Tabled Document 4-16(5), Tabled Document 30-16(5), Tabled Document 38-16(5), Bill 5, Committee Report 1-16(5) and Committee Report 2-16(5). What is the wish of committee? Mrs. Groenewegen.
Clause 3. Mr. Bromley.
Mr. Speaker, one of the reasons I also raise this issue is because the residents of the communities are concerned that a lot of material is leaving the pit with no monitoring and also a lot of these are government contracts. Again, there has to be a better job of monitoring this site and, more importantly, the possibility of having some gates or something in place. I know that the government doesn’t like that, but I think we have to do something to protect the remaining gravel resources that are there. So I’d like to ask the Minister, in light of the pit management plan which identifies...
General comments. Detail? Does committee agree that we will go clause by clause of the bill?