Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just to clear up this point, I think that what the committee means here is a process very similar to the one already undertaken by the Minister with his legislative action paper on access to information. Basically, during the preparation of the legislative action paper, the Minister could receive input from the board or public interest groups, and I suspect that there would not be any problem with getting the board to fund that part of the operation. But once the paper is prepared, the standing committee on legislation would conduct the review of the paper. I think that is what we mean by saying that the Legislative Assembly will operationalize the preparation of legislation. At that point, then, it is the Minister's responsibility to draft the legislation, which will then come back to the House and the standing committee on legislation for another round of public involvement. So in this process, we could actually wind up with the public or interest groups being involved at three different times.
Charles Dent on Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on June 18th, 1992. See this statement in context.
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
June 17th, 1992
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