Frederick Blake Jr.

Clauses 21 to 25.

Clauses 11 to 15.

Thank you. Committee, we will defer the bill number and title until after consideration of the clauses. There are 35 clauses in the bill. Let's turn to page 1. Clauses 1 to 5.

Can we proceed to a clause-by-clause review of Bill 8?

Thank you, committee. I will now ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to escort witnesses into the Chamber. Would the Minister please introduce the witnesses.

A motion is on the floor to report progress. The motion is in order and is non-debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed?

---Carried

I will now rise and report progress. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. I would now like to ask the Minister responsible for Bill 8 if he would like to bring witnesses into the House.

Does the committee agree that Bill 8 is ready for third reading?

Thank you, committee. Committee, I will now call the Committee of the Whole back to order. Committee, we have agreed to consider Bill 8. I would now like to ask the Minister responsible for the bill to introduce the bill. Thank you. Minister Moses.

We have some time here, as we are not doing the O and M right now, but in my Member's statement I talked about the need for more resources for enforcement in our small communities. Can the Minister commit to reviewing the funding his department provides to small communities for enforcement purposes and to increase it where needed to tackle cannabis legislation?