Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have some difficulty in supporting the motion, too. Mr. Speaker, with regard to the responsibilities of Members, I would like to express to Members that the whole purpose of the striking committee is to ensure that all the ordinary Members are given equal opportunity to serve on certain boards and commissions. If I look at the list of people that have been selected to it, again there is only Mr. Pudluk from the High Arctic on it, and not anybody from the Eastern Arctic. But the other thing is that all the other Members are serving on a very important committee, and that is the standing committee on finance, and there are four Members of the committee that serve on the finance committee. As you know, Mr. Speaker, the finance committee does have a large workload with regard to the reviews of the capital estimates and the main estimates, and that itself would consume about six weeks of the finance committee's workload. They are the only ones that are selected to it, and so it would perhaps make more of a workload for them. I feel that I cannot support the motion because of the demands that are put on only a small number of Members.
Samuel Gargan 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
Samuel Gargan Deh Cho
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