Mr. Chairman, I move that the following be added after clause 8 of Bill 17:
Wildlife Act
8.1. Paragraph 30(3)(a) of the Wildlife Act is amended by deleting "wife or widow" and by substituting "spouse or surviving spouse".
Mr. Chairman, this motion adds a new clause to the bill which will provide an amendment to the Wildlife Act which presently permits the wife or widow of a general hunting licence holder to hunt in a wildlife preserve in certain circumstances. The reference to wife or widow excludes men, women who live in heterosexual common-law relationships and same-sex spouses of either sex. As amended, paragraph 30(3)(a) will include the spouse and surviving spouse of the holder of a general hunting licence.