Thank you, Mr. Chair. Along with the members from commi
ttee, I’d also like to just
acknowledge the hard work of our staff. Law Clerks and research were doing all the work and obviously coordinating with the staff in Nunavut to bring this bill before us.
It is history in terms of having mirror legislation between two jurisdictions and working with the department to make sure that we get the best piece of legislation out there for the ones who are going to be affected by this bill. I think it goes to show that there was definitely interest in terms of, as Mr. Dolynny put it, with the consultation or lack of consultation that was discussed when we had our public meeting on September 25th of last year. I
think it was very well done on the part of committee,
to take those steps necessary to look at those concerns that were brought from the stakeholders. I think, from some of the comments that were made on our second view in the clause-by-clause, a lot of the stakeholders were happy in terms of the amendments that were made.
As you’ve heard earlier, there are about 12 amendments that were brought forth. I think committee and the government and all parties involved deserve credit for all the hard work that was done. I know this has been a long process for committee as well as previous governments. I just appreciate the work that everybody put into this. Thank you, Mr. Chair.