Okay. Mr. O'Reilly.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Yeah, thanks, Mr. Chair. In my first term, or last Assembly, I really didn't want to have to do this either. But it's actually enshrined in the Constitution of Canada, and it's not something that we can necessarily change ourselves unfortunately. But there are some Quebec members of their national assembly that are refusing to swear an oath of allegiance to the King. And it's going to be very interesting to see what happens with that because, as I understand it, the Quebec legislature can still somehow allow them to sit in the chamber, even if they haven't sworn this oath of allegiance.
But, yeah, one of the things that we did do in the last Assembly, and I guess I take some credit for that, is we did add in the Legislative Assembly Executive Council Act a requirement for an oath of loyalty, I think it's called, to people of the Northwest Territories and the treaties, to help I think kind of counterbalance this. And so that's what Members do now. And, yeah, I still have a lot of issues with this one, but I don't think there's much we can do in this House about it right now, unless we want to make Canada a republic, and that's where I would go. But thanks, Mr. Chair.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
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Some Hon. Members
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Yeah, thanks, Mr. Chair. So I believe I heard the sponsor of the bill say that there are parts of this bill that are going to come into force right away. And what's the mechanism for doing that? Because it just says here that it's going to be fixed by order of the Commissioner. So what's the mechanism by which parts of this bill are going to come into force right now or maybe on a sense later this week when the Commissioner's in the Chamber. How is that done, because it's not really in the bill itself anywhere. Thanks, Mr. Chair.
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Rocky Simpson Hay River South
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The process is that the Speaker will request that the Commissioner to bring in the parts into force. Thank you.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Okay, thanks, Mr. Chair. So I don't know, which parts of the bill, then, are immediately going to come into force? Thanks, Mr. Chair.
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Tim Mercer
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm just looking for the exact sections here now but essentially the sections that will come into effect will be exclusively those that deal with the new complaint resolution powers of the Integrity Commissioner. And I believe those are found in section 23 of the bill primarily, which amends section 101 and 102 of the existing act. So those will come into effect immediately upon assent. It may take two or three days for the appropriate instruments to be drafted by the Department of Justice but will happen immediately after that. The remainder, some sections will come into force in the run up to the election. But most of the sections, particularly those dealing with Member's compensation will come into force on the first day of the first sitting of the 20th Legislative Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Mr. Chair, and thanks for that. I just find this a really curious practice that why wouldn't that just be spelled out in section 31 of the bill? So it's just left to the discretion of the Speaker and/or the Commissioner as to which parts are brought into force? Thanks, Mr. Chair.
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Rocky Simpson Hay River South
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yeah, I guess what happens is that the Speaker will ask the Commissioner to act on bringing these sections into force, and that's kind of the process that we follow. Thank you.
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