I have taken a personal interest in this issue of guardianship for the last several years, Madam Speaker. I have been to several seminars on the whole issue of guardianship, and I have been in consultation with people who are considered to be innovators in both Manitoba and British Columbia, where they are trying to come to grips with this problem in a way that is a little bit different to what we were used to in the 1950s and 1960s. In my opinion, this bill does not reflect progressive, modern thinking about the way in which guardianship should be exercised on behalf of those people who may be capable of issuing a little bit of judgment themselves about a trustee relationship that makes more sense to them. Even though they perhaps do not have the capacities that everybody else has, there is some modern thinking today about how they should be approached. For that reason, I cannot support the principle of this bill.
Brian Lewis on Bill 3: Guardianship And Trusteeship Act
In the Legislative Assembly on April 7th, 1994. See this statement in context.
Bill 3: Guardianship And Trusteeship Act
Item 17: Second Reading Of Bills
April 6th, 1994
Page 60
Brian Lewis Yellowknife Centre
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