Mr. Speaker, I guess the motion is to establish this committee, and I have to say, in speaking to the motion, that I would not want to see this very important committee start off on the wrong foot. I believe that until the problem of balance is addressed by the striking committee, the committee is going to be having a credibility problem because it only represents Members from one region of the Northwest Territories basically, apart from the High Arctic. So Mr. Speaker, I would respectfully recommend to the mover of the motion that something went wrong with the process of soliciting nominations. Perhaps the Members who filled out that questionnaire assumed that there would be other Members from Nunavut participating on this committee, but when we see the result, it is obviously skewed, and so I would suggest, Mr. Speaker, with the greatest respect, that if it is skewed to the West it should be called the western special committee on social...
Dennis Patterson on Motion 4-12(2): Membership Of The Special Committee On Health And Social Services
In the Legislative Assembly on February 24th, 1992. See this statement in context.
Motion 4-12(2): Membership Of The Special Committee On Health And Social Services
Item 15: Motions
February 23rd, 1992
Page 117
Dennis Patterson Iqaluit
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