Bill 35 - Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008
November 3, 2008 - Third Reading
Ms Blakeman: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. It is not my pleasure to speak in third reading to Bill 35, the Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008. I think this is a bad idea, and my caucus will not be supporting this bill. It just strikes me that in this time where we need to be putting more legislative controls on spending, we are systematically removing them, and part of that is being done through this bill. It’s a bad idea. We are reverting to bad decisions that were made in the ’80s, which we have paid for until a couple of years ago. I really don’t want to see us go there again in this wonderful province of mine, but the government seems determined to take us there. The rest of the world is regulating more. We’re regulating less here, and it’s a bad idea.
I’m particularly offended by section 2, which is amending section (3)(c) where it allows for the minister “under circumstances authorized by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, subject to any conditions that may be imposed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council” – it basically allows them to wipe out everything else that’s anticipated in the act.
I cannot support this. Our recommendation from our Official Opposition caucus is to not support it. We’ll all be voting no. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker.
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