Daryl Dolynny

Does committee agree that Bill 44, Hospital Insurance and Health and Social Services Administration Act, is now ready for third reading?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Again, I want to echo the substantive work that went in behind this review of this act. I can assure the public that reviewing financial acumen in detail isn’t exactly sometimes the most palatable work a legislator does but it is, indeed, one that looks after the public interest, especially the issue of looking after the public purse. So for that I believe due diligence was achieved and harmony at the end.

I want to spend just a little bit of time on one of the motions that was brought forth with the Minister and, of course, there was concurrence, but I’m a firm believer...

Clauses 31 to 33.

---Clauses 31 through 33 inclusive approved

Thank you, Madam Chair. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a chance to speak to this motion the other day as I was sitting in your capacity, so this is my first time to address this and I appreciate the ability to do so under the motion here.

Without repeating what has been said in the House, this expenditure, really, I don’t believe it was well thought out, even though everything that was presented to committee here was under the guise or umbrella of something that was supposed to be well thought out and it didn’t occur.

From a managerial point of view, I look at this as a manager and I look at what...

Clauses 11 to 20.

---Clauses 11 through 20 inclusive approved

Mr. Speaker, I move that Committee Report 16-17(5) be received by the House and moved into Committee of the Whole for further consideration. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Schedule B.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s hard not to get caught up in the emotional drama when the word “fracking” is discussed. Ultimately, the well has been poisoned long ago by both extreme views of ideology and science.

We cannot afford to walk away from our economic duties as newfound stewards of the land, and we cannot ignore the economic potential from responsible resource development our territory has to offer. Yes, we can all agree there are risks, as all large-scale human activities have them, which is why we must subject ourselves to the highest degree of environmental integrity to the objective...

Thank you, committee. Committee, I ask that we’ll defer Bill 44, An Act to Amend the Hospital Insurance and Health and Social Services Administration Act, until after consideration of the clauses. Committee, this bill also contains two schedules, so we will defer consideration of the clauses and we’ll need to deal with the schedules first. Does committee agree?

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