Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to shortly propose a motion that will add a new clause to the bill. This will provide for amendments to the Insurance Act. These amendments will add a definition of spouse that includes heterosexual common-law and same-sex partners. This definition will govern the various references to the term spouse in the main provisions of the Insurance Act and in its schedule which provides for mandatory accident benefits for motor vehicle insurance policies. The motion also adjusts references in the schedule that excludes same-sex spouses in one instance and excludes both same-sex spouses and heterosexual common-law spouses in the second instance.
Charles Dent on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 9th, 2005. 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 8th, 2005
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