Mr. Speaker, your committee would like to report on its consideration of Bill 65, Builders' Lien Act.
Bill 65 received second reading in the Legislative Assembly on November 3rd, 2022, and was referred to the Standing Committee on Social Development for review. On January 18th, 2023, the standing committee held a public hearing with the Minister of Justice. At the public hearing, the Minister made a commitment to conduct further engagement with the public. Following this, committee sought an extension of the review period under Rule 8.3(2). Over the next several months, committee engaged extensively with the department to consider several potential amendments. Committee acknowledges significant progress was made but could not agree on a path forward on several key areas of this bill.
Mr. Speaker, on June 29th, 2023, committee held a clause by clause with the Minister at which time committee passed a motion to report the bill as not ready to proceed. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.