The motion is in order. To the motion.
Question.
Question has been called.
---Carried
Does the committee and that Committee Report 8-16(3) is concluded?
Agreed.
Committee Report 8-16(3) is concluded. Next, we agreed to Committee Report 6-16(3), Standing Committee on Government Operations Final Report on the Review of the Official Languages Act 2008-2009: Reality Check: Securing a Future for the Official Languages of the Northwest Territories. With that, I’d like to pass on to the committee. Mr. Menicoche.
Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I believe I have provided my general comments. We’re still on general comments, Mr. Chair, so I’ll just free up the mic for any other general comments from Committee of the Whole members. Thank you very much.
General comments in regard to the committee report. Mr. Lafferty.
Mahsi, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the report that is before us is a comprehensive report and I certainly do appreciate all the hard work and input from the Members and also from the general public. I think it is something that we can certainly work with. It consists of recommendations brought forward for government to act on. So those are the discussions that we will certainly be having, Mr. Chair.
When I looked over the recommendations, some of the recommendations that we have worked on in the past, we continue to make improvements in our program delivery. So I would look at it as enhancing our existing program to date. So, certainly, I am looking forward to how we can integrate all of the recommendations brought forward into our existing program where we can improve on. So, certainly, those are the areas we’ll be discussing.
As I stated, it is a comprehensive report. We need to analyze each and every recommendation coming down to our department. Not only that, but, Mr. Chair, we need to clearly highlight each recommendation with a targeted objective. Whether it be the status quo, ongoing initiative or completed or the department is still working on, I’d like to have that kind of information on a going forward basis, reporting back to the standing committee on this on what we’ve been working on.
Certainly, it is a mandate that’s before us. As the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, we are looking forward to working with the standing committee on this comprehensive report. We’re looking forward to that. Mahsi, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Any comments with regard to Committee Report 6-16(3)? General comments? Detail? Clause by clause? Mr. Menicoche.
