Thank you, Madam Chair. The review of the Liquor Act is something we are in agreement with. It is a high priority for us. It is in need of a revision and review. That's why we have highlighted it and are going to be moving forward with the process we established as Cabinet and committee in the Legislative Assembly. The Liquor Act itself will require work and some of the areas Mr. Braden has just touched on are areas we have to deal with as a government as a whole. I don't want to say another part of our government needs to
take direction. As a government, we need to set that direction. That direction will be very limited in what we can do in the Liquor Act.
We can, for example, in the Liquor Act give more control to communities who can set direction in their communities as to what they would like to see. But for running establishments and things of that nature, that is more of a business orientation. We can establish penalties and how they are monitored. For the social side of things, overall as a government, we need to take, as the Member stated, a more proactive role in how we would deal with some of those social impacts. The room for it in the Liquor Act would be very limited in the sense of giving power and authority to those closer to the ground. We need to see if it would be best dealt with by giving control to communities and regions. That's something we can look at.
We do set limits on what can be done such as hours of operation, special occasion permits, setting up a monitoring system. The enforcement side of it is there. The Liquor Board acts as the judge with those companies that would find themselves being before them if they have not followed the rules that were established. So we are fairly limited to those areas. Thank you, Madam Chair.