Sorry, Mr. Chair, these things get sometimes a little convoluted and difficult to connect all the dots or see what the logic is all about. I guess one of the challenges that committee has had then, or that I have had with the corporation's act and its accountabilities, it is quite removed from the level of scrutiny and approval that departments otherwise have when they come before the Assembly, Mr. Chairman. This is, in effect, a corporation, but it does not have a board of directors unlike our Power Corporation or our Business Development and Investment Corporation who carries some degree of accountability through appointments by the Legislative Assembly. The Housing Corporation, yes, arguably does have a Minister, but the levels of accountability to the public are I think quite shielded and this has been a difficulty. So I just want to be clear, Mr. Chairman, as we go through the numerous pages of the Housing Corporation, that our ability to affect change in this process now before us is virtually nil and that we are going through this for information and debate, but there is, in effect, no approval permitted for committee at this point. So perhaps our clerk or our staff can correct me, or the Minister and his staff, but I just want to be certain of what is before us and what is not before us, Mr. Chairman.
Bill Braden on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 12th, 2007. 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
February 11th, 2007
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