Robert Bouchard

Robert Bouchard
Hay River North

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Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 48)

Thank you, assistant deputy minister. Mr. Hawkins.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 48)

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. I see that as more of a comment. General comments. Does committee agree that we go to detail?

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 48)

Minister Ramsay, do you have witnesses to bring into the Chamber?

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 48)

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Minister Lafferty.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 48)

Thank you. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort in the witnesses.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 48)

Thank you, Minister Ramsay. Next, I’ll go to the chair of Social programs, Mr. Moses.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 48)

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Minister Lafferty.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 48)

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Do you have witnesses to bring into the Chamber?

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 48)

Does committee agree that Bill 25, An Act to Amend the Education Act, is ready for third reading?

---Bill 25 as a whole approved for third reading

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 48)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I do have some concerns about some of these changes. Obviously, the superintendent, one of the reasons I’ve had more concerns is he’s in the South Slave. I guess the one main area of concern is how this reporting would go. I know the Minister talked about how the reporting wouldn’t change, but I guess the difficulty comes in the fact that now you have a superintendent that’s a government employee but also reporting to a board at the same time, the DEC. I guess how that individual will be conflicted, obviously, from his boss versus the people that direct him on the...