Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, colleagues. As I said, the Minister has the ultimate responsibility of his department and the authorities. I believe if he chairs the Stanton board the Minister could be perceived as being in a position of conflict where he cannot show objective thinking where it may be
compromised in their discussions. That will lead us nowhere and yet it will make the board look silly.
What does he really want, Mr. Speaker? He should be Minister, which he's appointed to now. The role of the board is to provide strategic direction to ensure regional perspectives are brought to the table. The Joint Leadership Council, I'm not against the concept of appointing it to the board of Stanton, but, Mr. Speaker, we need checks and balances, a fair chair, an independent chair, and I don't believe the Minister's thought this out and I will have questions for him later today. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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