Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that clause 15 of Bill 6 be amended by;

(a) deleting paragraphs (2)(c) to (e) and by substituting the following:

(c) a member of the Child and Family Services Committee, where there is a Child and Family Services Committee in the child's community; and

(d) a Child Protection Worker.

(b) deleting subclause 15(3) and by substituting the following:

(3) Where a member listed in paragraph (2)(a), (c) or (d) is unable or unwilling to continue to sit as a member, the Child and Family Services Committee or the Child Protection Worker, as the case may be, shall invite another person of the same category as that member to sit as a member.

(3.1) A majority of the members of a Plan of Care committee listed in subsection (2);

(a) shall, if there is a member of the child's extended family who lives in the child's community and who the majority considers suitable, invite a member of the child's extended family to become a member of the committee; and

(b) may agree to invite one or more additional persons to become members of the committee where they believe such persons may be of assistance in developing and entering into a plan of care agreement; (c) deleting paragraph (7)(a) and by substituting the following:

(a) where the Child and Family Services Committee or a Child Protection Worker, as the case may, is unable to substitute another person for a member listed in paragraph (2)(a), (c) or (d) who has become unable or unwilling to sit as a member.