Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The standing committee on legislation reviewed Bill 2 at its public meeting on May 27, 1992. The standing committee received a submission from the NWT Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists, as part of Its public review. The association representative indicated full agreement with the amendments included in Bill 2. The
standing committee was grateful to he Minister of Justice, the Hon. Dennis Patterson, for appearing to present the bill and to respond to Members comments and questions.
The committee felt that the amendment included in Bill 2 was straightforward, and Members were generally supportive of the concept that the Minister should not have to approve each of the by-laws of this self-regulating professional association.
In reviewing this bill, Members of the standing committee questioned the Minister about the process for disciplinary review and asked for assurances about public and government access to the association's by-laws. But generally, there was committee support for this amendment to the Engineering, Geological and Geophysical Professions Act, and, with that in mind, the standing committee on legislation carried a motion on May 27th that Bill 2 should be reported to the House as ready for committee of the whole.