Mr. Chairman, thank you. I'd like to add my thoughts and also indicate that I won't be supporting the bill at this time. I think there is some merit to having this debate about the updating or the amending of this provision, and we've had this discussion at Board of Management. My feeling, though, is that the debate would be better held by the 16th Assembly's Remuneration Commission. Every four years we do strike a committee to look at Members' benefits and pay, and while I don't believe this provision was considered by the last committee, it could very easily be considered by the next commission. When I sit down and think about the number of people in my memory anyway going back that have left the Assembly, obviously they haven't been eligible for transition. Some have left to pursue other employment. I can think of one who resigned to become a Supreme Court judge. Some have left under less than ideal circumstances. But without getting into the merits of why somebody leaves or those kinds of things, Mr. Chairman, my feeling is we do have a process for these kinds of things. There may be a very good reason, and I'm not indicating that I wouldn't be supportive of this shift to look more at a severance type of arrangement than transition, but I do think this is something that should be taken up by the next Remuneration Commission of the 16th. Thank you.
Brendan Bell on Committee Motion 3-15(6): To Amend Clause 36 Of Bill 4, NWT Hydro Corporation Act, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on May 16th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 3-15(6): To Amend Clause 36 Of Bill 4, NWT Hydro Corporation Act, Carried
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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