Glen Abernethy
Statements in Debates
Thank you. Sergeant-at-Arms, if I could please get you to escort the witnesses into the Chamber.
Mr. McLeod, could I please get you to introduce your witnesses for the record?
I will ask the Minister responsible for the bill, the honourable Minister R.C. McLeod, the Minister of MACA, to introduce the bill. Some of the witnesses will need to be escorted out, so I will get the Sergeant-at-Arms to do that before we continue.
Thank you, Mr. McLeod. We will get you to introduce your witnesses in a second once we have gone through the rest of the procedures. Can I get you to do your introductions on Bill 19?
Does committee agree that Bill 20 as amended, An Act to Amend the Evidence Act, is now ready for third reading?
---Bill 20 as a whole approved for third reading as amended
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think the Minister might be missing the point I’m trying to make here. I agree with everything she’s saying. I think our Home Care Program is fantastic. I’m glad it’s rolling out to the other communities. I’m talking about getting the people in those communities trained to do the jobs, trained to do the home support worker programs. I don’t actually see... If it exists, I’d like her to show me where our current home support worker training exists. That’s what I’m asking. I support everything the Minister is doing, but where’s the training program? When can we see a...
Okay. We will defer the title and the bill number and go clause by clause. Clause 1.
---Clauses 1 through 13 inclusive approved
Does committee agree that Bill 19, the Municipal Statutes Amendment Act is now ready for third reading?
---Bill 19 as a whole approved for third reading
Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. McLeod, would you like to bring witnesses into the House?
Does committee agree that Bill 18, An Act to Repeal the Settlements Act, is now ready for third reading?
---Bill 18 as a whole approved for third reading
Bill 20, An Act to Amend the Evidence Act as amended.
We will defer further consideration of the Department of Health and Social Services. What is the wish of committee? Mrs. Groenewegen.