Glen Abernethy
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Detail? Does committee agree that we proceed through a clause-by-clause review of Bill 19?
Is committee agreed?
Clauses 41 through 50.
---Clauses 41 through 50 inclusive approved
Thank you, Mr. Krutko. A motion is on the floor. The motion has been distributed. The motion is in order. To the motion. Mr. Krutko, as mover of the motion.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I agree with the Minister. There are a lot of good things that some of the private citizens of this territory have done. We still have citizens who are looking for services in the Northwest Territories and they’re not finding anything that suits their child’s needs.
I did provide the Minister -- as I indicated in my last question -- a large list of different program areas that are new, and unique, and cutting edge in Alberta. I know that some of these organizations would be willing to come up here and help. I am just asking the Minister to commit in his reviewing, to...
Clauses 21 through 30.
---Clauses 21 through 30 inclusive approved
Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. More of a comment for clarification, but I’ll go to the Minister anyway. Minister McLeod.
Thank you, Minister McLeod. General comments on the bill, Mr. Ramsay.
I’m quite pleased to hear that autism and programs in the North for autistic children will be on the transition document going into the 17th Assembly. What I was asking is that the Minister is going to be the Minister for the next couple of months, regardless of the election. There’s a great opportunity for the Minister to direct his staff to start doing some research into the alternate programs that exist in southern Canada. Every jurisdiction in this country offers programming for autistic children except the Northwest Territories. I’m asking that he in the interim have his department start...