Robert Bouchard

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Minister Lafferty.

Thank you. We will defer the bill number and the title. Clause 1.

---Clauses 1 through 3 inclusive approved

Committee agree?

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Assistant deputy minister, Ms. Mueller.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Committee, we’ll go to general comments on Bill 34, 2015 Polling Day Act. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Moses. Committee agree to go to general comments?

Thank you, Minister Lafferty. Next I have Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you. Does committee agree?

Thank you, Minister Lafferty. Thank you, witnesses. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses out of the Chamber.

Committee, we will now work to Bill 27, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2014. I’ll go to the Minister responsible. Minister Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I guess the two issues that were brought up, you know, it’s fine for right now I think as far as what’s going on, but the problem is when you create this bureaucracy and put the superintendents into the public service, what’s going to come forward in the future once there’s a new Minister, once there is new staff in the DEA, DEC, and once there’s new staff in the Department of Education and now they’re going by the written document? They’re not going by okay, this is what we agreed, we agreed to the fact that the superintendents will report to the DECs and the Minister...