Robert Bouchard

Thank you, Minister Abernethy. Mr. Abernethy, do you have witnesses to bring into the Chamber?

Thank you, Minister Ramsay. Now I will turn to the chair of the Standing Committee on Social Programs, Mr. Moses.

Thank you, Minister Lafferty. I’ll ask the chairman responsible for the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Infrastructure, Mr. Hawkins.

Question has been called. The motion is carried.

---Carried

Does committee agree that Bill 65, An Act to Amend the Safety Act, is ready for third reading?

Yes, these are questions that came before our constituency meeting. Obviously, the department and health administrators typically meet and have those discussions without the interference of MLAs. Obviously, we’re wanting to get that information so that we can answer to the public the questions of where we went and how we got from a certain number to a different number to even a lesser amount. So, any information like that that the Minister can provide will give us way more ammunition for discussion. Thank you.

I’m not disagreeable to this process. I think we need to take distracted driving out of the hands of the drivers in the Northwest Territories. My question to the department is how do we expect this to roll out and do we have a campaign or an advertising campaign to go with this so that people understand and know that there is more severity to the program than we currently have? I know we rolled it out when we doubled the fines. There was a bit of an advertising campaign and it got a little bit of play. Are we expecting that with this type of increase in the suspension area?

Question has been called. The motion has been carried.

---Carried

Clause 34. Mr. Yakeleya.

We’ll defer bill number and title until were completed. Clause 1.

---Clauses 1 through 9 inclusive approved