Mr. Chairman, as I said, in order to conduct our business in our consensus form of government I have to share, on a confidential basis, a lot of information with the committees and that is typically information that committees would never see in a party system, but in our form of government that has to be shared in order to have good open government. I have no concern at all that because I am sharing information confidentially with the standing committee that the public service or someone is going to lose confidence in me. I have absolutely no concern about that at all. I do not make it public when I do that, and I suppose if other individuals start to make it public there may be a loss of confidence but I trust that everybody will respect that confidentiality. Thank you.
Joe Handley on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 11th, 2002. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 11th, 2002
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