Discussion · Government Orders
Elizabeth May Green
“This bill gives too much power to one minister, and its rules are confusing. It says the government may appoint an associate minister for defence procurement, but it does not require it. That minister might never be appointed.”
“Mr. Speaker, that is a lot of power in the hands of one minister, but the legislation is like a pretzel. It does not say that there will be an associate minister of natural defence for procurement. It just says, in clause 13, that the Governor General “may” appoint an associate minister. It is possible to imagine that there will never be one.”
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Mr. Speaker, that is a lot of power in the hands of one minister, but the legislation is like a pretzel. It does not say that there will be an associate minister of natural defence for procurement. It just says, in clause 13, that the Governor General “may” appoint an associate minister. It is possible to imagine that there will never be one.