The Mental Health Act is currently in the process of being completely rewritten. Timing-wise to do an amendment and then interfere with the process that’s underway might actually slow things up.
The types of issues the Member is talking about are going to be addressed under the Mental Health Act. We had hoped to have the Mental Health Act in front of this House in the life of this government, but it’s taking a little longer to draft than we had thought. We think we may be done drafting in the summer, which means we’re not going to have enough time to bring it to the House to go for first, second and third readings.
So, what I would like to propose to do is, as soon as the bill is done, in our August sitting I would like to table that document so that it is available to the
public to review and consider, so that it can be the first bill that is going through first, second and third readings in the 18th Legislative Assembly. Thank
you, Mr. Speaker.