(Translation) Mr. Chairman, I don't have to read the motion again. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The motion I moved has different reasons, but I would like to say at the beginning that I'm not against this act, Bill 6, and it's very useful, but we don't have to do it in a hurry. It doesn't have to become law right away. The present Legislative Assembly has said many times that this particular act has been dealt with a number of times before. I feel that this act might create problems with some people in the territories, especially the Nunavut area. This act will come into effect before 1999. It will be enforced in 1996. We don't be able to change it and especially the Nunavut people will not be able to change the act.
We all know that whenever an act is enforced, it's very hard to make amendments to it. We all know, Mr. Chairman, and somebody has mentioned it already -- that if the Nunavut people don't like it, we could delete it. It's easier said than done. You can't make amendments to an act after it's been enforced.
Another reason that I have for producing this motion is the government, during the budget session, mentioned that this year and in following years, they will not be spending any money on programs that are not necessary. It seems Bill 6 could be enforced and it's not necessary to be used at the present time.
Also, I would like to say, in conclusion, that Bill 6 is very complicated and it has 74 sections and it was very difficult to deal with, as we found out. It's going to be very difficult to be understood by ordinary people. Also, I believe Mr. Gargan had a private Member's bill with regards to access to information. It doesn't really coincide with the act Mr. Gargan originally wanted to introduce. I feel that Mr. Gargan's private Member's bill was directed to the people and it was not set up by the government.
I'm not saying that I'm against the particular bill, but I just want the Nunavut people to be able to have an opportunity to look at the legislation because there are a lot of things that need to be dealt with before the Nunavut government comes into effect. Especially, because there is a lot of territorial legislation in place at the present time.
This particular bill will have to be followed by the people of Nunavut. They're going to try to find out how clause 7 affects them. Some people are going to be asking how come you Nunavut MLAs are agreeing with this certain legislation and I won't be able to argue with them. I'm just trying to say let's give it a try and enforce it on December 31, 1999. Thank you.