Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’d like to thank Ms. Bisaro for sort of cornering the whole issue quite well. Just the one area I’d add, although she did say it, I’d just kind of like to underscore it a little differently. The public interest, I fear, is not represented by our process perfectly. That’s no fault of anyone, it’s just when a motion goes through the House it disappears and quite often people will ask in the public what happened. What did the government do? Where did the response go? It’s difficult for them to follow.
In my five and a half years as an MLA in this Legislature, I’ve had the privilege of seeing not one single occasion that the government hasn’t considered in some form of motion, and I’m grateful that they’ve always taken the time to respond. The problem is it tends to end up being directed to the committee or Members, as Ms. Bisaro has highlighted. What this would do is close the gap where the public itself would be able to follow the formal response of the government. This would also give them the sense of understanding on how the government is positioned on this. It by no means means they have to agree. It doesn’t mean, of course, that they have to disagree either. I wouldn’t want them to think that. But it at least closes that information loop. That way again when the issues get out on the table, the big question always seem to come the very next day of now what happens. This will now provide that understanding for the public. I thank Members for their time and work on this consideration and I think it’s a good process.