I too will be supporting this motion, but I do have some questions going forward. I would like to see some of the framework and some of the assessment of this registry. There are some concerns for me. I think a lot of these registries are applying to a party politics situation. I think consensus government is quite a bit different. The Member has talked about Regular Members maybe having to be involved in this registry, as well, when we have meetings, because in order for a lot of things to get approved here, we have to have consensus. We have to have consensus, so we have to have Members on this side represented there, so we have to be involved as well.
I guess defining what a lobbyist is, is individuals who are getting paid. We have band members, companies, NGOs, different constituents in the territory that come talk to us about different issues, Mr. Speaker. Defining that going forward would be a big question mark for me.
I understand Members’ comments that now that devolution is here, some of the Ministers have a parallel responsibility, so we need to implement some sort of registry here.
I am voting in support of it. It will be critical in looking at how it goes forward, how this framework will be structured and how it will fit our consensus government. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.