Mr. Chair, I don’t believe we consulted with other governments certainly respecting their libraries. We simply looked at our own cost structure here where there were so few people using it in view of the cost that it simply did not seem to be worthwhile. We only have a certain amount of resources for outreach, and as I mentioned earlier, we are increasing the outreach capabilities of the Legal Services Commission, and it simply comes down to a matter of cost balance against effect. Is the result good enough to justify this $467,000 cost? For the very few members of the public who actually use a library, we don’t think so. We also are of a view that the particularly valuable aspects of the collection will not be lost but would either go to archives, perhaps to this library here. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Louis Sebert on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on June 17th, 2016. See this statement in context.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
June 17th, 2016
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