Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I was pleased to be on the committee that worked on public consultations and traveled with the bill. As well, I would like to commend government on all the hard pre-work that they did before they introduced the bill to the House. I know in the last Legislature, in the final hours when we were trying to pass the bill in the late stages of the government, there were many, many last minute changes to be done. Members on this side always said, if they make any changes, they would like to do a proper consultation.

I think this term a lot of proper consultation was done. I will be supporting this bill as we progress it through here at Committee of the Whole and through to third reading. We are committee members that will be proposing some amendments, but they are minor. For me, it is about ensuring that Aboriginal rights will not be abrogated or derogated. Through it all, the Minister assures us that won’t be the case.

With that, once again, I will be supporting the new Wildlife Act. Thank you, Madam Chair.