Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As Members know, there is a comprehensive review of the Wildlife Act in progress with an anticipated completion of that task by the end of this Legislative Assembly. We are now in a public review consultation stage. This is the second review we have undertaken. It is a very thorough exercise. We are looking at beginning to draft legislation as early as next spring and bringing it forward next fall. I am optimistic that this is going to be completed within two years. I do not share the same pessimism that Mr. Dent does that we are not going to be able to complete this task within the life of this Assembly.

Bill 12 has created a lot of confusion with the public. People did not understand that this was not a piece of government legislation. I had numerous letters from people objecting to it, asking why we were picking out this piece and dealing with it in isolation with the rest. I finally had to send a letter out to many people saying this is separate, that this is a private Member's bill.

Mr. Chairman, I do not think picking out specific, favourite pieces is a healthy way to approach a comprehensive review of a piece of legislation. I think it threatens a lot of the coordination that is held together as you do a comprehensive review. In fact, it may jeopardize the public support we have had so far for the overall comprehensive review of the act. That could in itself jeopardize our ability to complete the revision of the Wildlife Act during the life of this Assembly.

I believe we must support the legislative review we have all agreed to as Members of the Legislative Assembly. We cannot each be taking out a piece that we would like to see move ahead more quickly. I think we all have to support the timetable of having this piece completed during the life of the Assembly.

Mr. Chairman, if we were not undergoing a comprehensive review of the Wildlife Act I might feel differently, but because we already have an exercise in place, I cannot support picking out pieces and dealing with them in advance of the overall review. For that reason, Mr. Chairman, I am going to be voting against this particular bill.