Robert Bouchard

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee has been considering Committee Report 17-17(5), Report on the Review of Bill 44: An Act to Amend the Hospital Insurance and Health and Social Services Administration Act; Bill 47, An Act to Amend the Child and Family Services Act; Committee Report 18-17(5), Report on the Review of Bill 47: An Act to Amend the Child and Family Services Act; and would like to report progress with two motions being adopted and that Committee Reports 17-17(5) and 18-17(5) are concluded and that Bill 47 is ready for third reading. I move that the report of Committee of the...

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Committee, we’re on general comments on Bill 47. General comments. I’ll go to the Minister and allow him to make some comments. Minister Abernethy.

Question has been called. The motion is carried.

---Carried

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

I’ll go to Ms. Bisaro. What is the wish of the committee?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I’d like to talk about a subject that I’ve been seeing difficulties with over my term as MLA. We as MLAs get concerns from all kinds of industry, all kinds of individuals, all kinds of groups, but some individuals come to us with a concern. I’ll talk to you about some of the income assistance clients that I’ve seen over the last year who have come to me and talked to me about an injustice.

These income assistance individuals receive some sort of small payment – a GST cheque, income from RWED for fur – and these are small amounts of dollars. We’re talking about $40...

Thank you, Mr. Moses. The motion is being distributed. The motion is in order. To the motion. Mr. Moses.

Does committee agree that Bill 47, An Act to Amend the Child and Family Services Act, is now ready for third reading?

Clauses 21 to 23.

---Clauses 21 through 23 inclusive approved

Schedule C.

Bill 37 is now deemed ready for third reading. Does committee agree that we’ve concluded consideration of Bill 37 and the Committee Report 15-17(5)?

We’ll defer bill number and title under consideration of clauses. This bill has three schedules attached. We’ll deal with the three schedules first. We’ll go to page 98, Schedule A.