Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, am going to support the bill. I want to thank Ms. Bisaro for bringing it forward and Ms. Trudel, who through her hard work and determination has pushed this thing forward.

It’s legislation that is commonplace in other jurisdictions across this country. It’s something that I think the Northwest Territories, in passing legislation like this, will be getting with the times.

I feel that far too much food is wasted. As my colleague Mr. Bromley alluded to, it costs a tremendous amount of money to ship food to the Northwest Territories in the first place, and what food we do get here should get into the hands of those who need it most. This legislation is designed

to protect those people who are going to donate the food. I think it’s certainly a step in the right direction.

Again, I want to thank both the mover and the seconder and also Ms. Trudel for her hard work in this initiative. Mahsi.