Daryl Dolynny

Does committee agree that Bill 60, An Act to Amend the Motor Vehicles Act, No. 2, is ready for third reading?

The bill as a whole.

Thank you, committee. Sergeant-at-Arms, would you please escort the witnesses into the House.

Minister Beaulieu, if you could please introduce your witnesses to the Chamber.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I don’t want to continue with questioning too much longer here. I think we have heard loud and clear my concern the way this act has come about. It is unfortunate that I don’t have enough support from my colleagues here, otherwise I would have a motion to not pass this bill as written, for the very reasons of lack of consultation. However, since I don’t have enough support to do so, I am not going to belittle this process any further. I just hope that this serves as a deep reminder to the department, to Ministers, to make sure that you bring full consultation to this...

So what we’re saying here is if there is a dispute, I have to take my dispute to the courts. I may have to go even as high as the Supreme Court of the NWT to lodge a complaint, which could be very costly to the plaintiff in the event of a dispute.

Does the department consider or will they consider anything that will actually assist a dispute resolution with respect to probate?

Probates become very complicated. They become very emotional and sometimes you have to have safeguards to protect the estate, family members are usually involved and a public trustee is put in a position of power. Again...

Thank you, Mr. Grundy. General comments. Is committee prepared to go clause by clause?

Does committee agree that Bill 60, An Act to Amend the Motor Vehicles Act, is ready for third reading?

Thank you, committee. If it’s committee’s wish, I’d like to do that in groups of five. Is committee okay with that?

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. I am going to turn it back to the Minister responsible if he has any witnesses to bring into the House. Mr. Beaulieu.

I appreciate Mr. Grundy’s reply to the question. Why didn’t we go and consult our stakeholders in preparation for today’s amendments and bill? What was the impetus for not reaching out? Like I say, it has been a number of years since we took it upon ourselves to do this. What was the reason for not consulting these various stakeholders to which it will have an immediate and direct impact to small businesses throughout the Northwest Territories?