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October 4, 2002
No pushing and shoving
Bureaucrats within the
Government of Nunavut hope to push Bill 1 into law by March, according to a
legislative assembly source.
The bill received second
reading in the assembly on April 24. Public hearings, which are necessary before
it can receive third and final reading, began this week.
However, after only the
first day of hearings, MLAs were saying that the process of revisions could
extend past the end of their term in office.
Several MLAs have already
stated their refusal to push through a bill they believe is inadequate.
"Over the last year
and a half, Ive been detecting that the department of education is trying
to push this act down our throats," said Glenn McLean, MLA for Baker Lake.
"Nobodys going
to rush Glenn McLean into pushing through a bill," he said during the hearing
in Iqaluit on Wednesday.
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