Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we are working on phase two legislation. There is draft legislation that is being developed and I am working with my counterpart in Nunavut. Because we have a joint board here, we have to share the information. I just concluded a meeting on January 25th in Iqaluit with my counterpart, Mr. Akesuk, from Nunavut, on the basis that we have to go forward with the legislation jointly because we have shared the same legislative authority and it has to proceed. We are reviewing that legislation jointly between the two territories and we are hoping to have something ready by the fall so we can bring it forward to our counterparts. Because of the sensitivity between the two legislatures, and because of the situation that happened last time under phase one where the legislation was passed in this House and then was given to the Nunavut government, they felt that they didn't really have any ability to change that legislation once it was produced. This time we're hoping to come forward jointly with the new phase two legislation into the respective legislatures at the same time, so that we can both have a process of debate through the committee process and also to ensure that if there are any changes from either side, that it will be done independently of each other instead of having to rubberstamp something that comes forward. So we are working on it. We are proceeding with phase two legislation.
David Krutko on Question 484-15(3): Operational Review Of The Wcb
In the Legislative Assembly on February 25th, 2005. See this statement in context.
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