Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. In the preamble of this section I indicated the reason for the motion, and I’ll just speak to it again.
Part of our consensus-style government is that we’re reflective of our population, their needs and their demands. I believe that I began this process doing just that, Mr. Chair. I got my phone calls; I got the leadership contacting me. There were petitions filed with me, and I consequently filed them with the House and with the Minister’s office. I sent him numerous memos and e-mails about the fact that recreation, sport and youth delivery is very, very important.
I, as the MLA for Nahendeh, could not support any centralization of any of our activities. In fact, it should be devolution we should be striving for. I’m really happy to see there was some movement in that. But once again, the people’s intent was to save all the workers in the region. I believe that this motion will speak to that, to reinstate that position.
I
utilized our full tools and the full resources
available to me. I
made Member’s statements,
I questioned the Minister in the House, I brought it to our committee. I worked with it in our in-camera briefings with our very important Standing Committee on Economic Development and Infrastructure, working with the Chair, and utilized that time to state our concerns and bring it forward.
Once again, Mr.
Chair, it’s here before us in
Committee of the Whole. I’m moving this motion to reinstate this position, because the people have spoken. Mahsi.