Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will be supporting this motion. I think it is a good step, and I think it is a recognition that we still have to work a little harder to sharpen our pencils. As it has been said, I don't really think that this burden is necessarily fair to be taken solely on the 15th Assembly's shoulders, but unfortunately we have to make corrective actions. The Minister has quite clearly said that if we don't take some steps we are going to be penalized by Canada. I think it is a good saw if we are taking corrective steps, and I think we need to go back to the drawing board and make a few more creative solutions. The last point I want to hammer out, and I may have to repeat this later, but the point is if this side of the Assembly makes any comments in regard to the budget, we have to recognize that it is a position of weakness because our comments are only treated as creative suggestions, and any comments we make, they don't even vote on them for goodness sakes. It is kind of pathetic, because we may vote unanimously on a suggestion and then we just watch it go through. So it seems almost embarrassing that we provide creative suggestions, the majority of this House provides good feedback on what we want to see in this budget yet we get no reaction, it is at their discretion. So at the end of the day it seems quite sad. I will finish by saying I will support this at this time. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Robert Hawkins on Committee Motion 15-15(3): To Amend Clause 2 Of Bill 2, Defeated
In the Legislative Assembly on March 30th, 2004. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 15-15(3): To Amend Clause 2 Of Bill 2, Defeated
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 29th, 2004
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