Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I recently asked some questions regarding the WSCC and my concerns regarding the occupational health and safety regs that are being reviewed and certainly ensuring that they will be fairly reviewed by the public, such as businesses. The Minister did respond in a good way and certainly said that he would make sure that did happen. After that, I did approach the Minister with some concerns regarding this situation with the Safety Advisory Committee. Specifically, where do they get their mandate to do this review that’s approximately 400 pages of regulations? In discussing this matter with a number of people in the community, be it with the Governance Council and in some light with the Minister, it sounded like no one knew who gave them that mandate. Can the Minister comment specific to that issue in the House today, which is: Who gave the Safety Advisory Committee the mandate to go out and review those 400 pages of regulations? Furthermore, who are they reporting their findings to?
Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. The honourable Minister responsible for the Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission, Mr. Robert McLeod.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Section 26 of the NWT Safety Act gives the Minister the mandate and authority to establish the Safety Advisory Committee. The committee is established and they do report to the Minister. Thank you.
I thank the Minister for that clarification of who they actually report to, but, Mr. Speaker, part of my question was overlooked, which is who gave them the mandate to go review the almost 400 pages of regulations under the occupational health and safety regs? Who gave them the marching orders? Was it the Governance Council or was it the Minister’s office? Thank you.
The mandate was given from the Minister’s office. Thank you.
Mr. Speaker, would the Minister responsible for the WSCC let me know when that mandate was given and specifically what that mandate was to do? If he could clarify the instructions given specifically to the Safety Advisory Committee. Thank you.
I will gather that information and pass it on to the Member. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, Mr. Krutko.
