Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think that what the committee did was handle a situation with a legislative action paper, which brought in two issues. One, access to information, which I think was very strongly used as an issue by people who campaigned in the west because I did not use access to information as a campaign issue. In the legislative action paper, we had individuals who made presentations who felt that section of the legislative action paper was too vague, that they did not understand what powers an ombudsman would have, so they were not able to respond properly to this section of the legislative action paper. The committee in turn, in response to the presentations which we heard from individuals, came up with a second recommendation that a second legislative action paper should be produced in order for us to be able to respond to the concerns of the people. We heard very strong opinions on access to information. On the second section of the legislative action paper, we heard there is not as much concern for an ombudsman. With what we heard, this is the recommendation which we came up with. This particular recommendation does not have a time line. This recommendation could be taken on over a period of a number of years. If, at a time in the future, when the government feels that an ombudsman is necessary, then this is a recommendation which the committee has made, that they could use to create a legislative action paper. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Silas Arngna'naaq on Committee Motion 157-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 2
In the Legislative Assembly on March 31st, 1993. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 157-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 2
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 30th, 1993
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Silas Arngna'naaq Kivallivik
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