AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR VIEWS ON LAWS BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
The Standing Committee on Social Programs, Chaired by Mr. Tom Beaulieu, is holding a public hearing to provide Northerners with the opportunity to offer input on the following proposed legislation:
Bill 19, Donation of Food Act
Bill 19 provides that a person who donates food, or who distributes donated food, is not liable for any disease, injury, death or other harm resulting from the consumption of that food, unless the person intended to harm the recipient or acted recklessly in donating or distributing the food. These provisions also apply to the directors, agents, employees and volunteers of corporations involved in the donation or distribution of the food.
The public hearing will be held on Thursday, October 16, 2008 at the Legislative Assembly in Committee Room A at 6:00 p.m.
Copies of the Bill are available on the Legislative Assembly's website at www.assembly.gov.nt.ca, under the House Business link.
To provide a written submission to the Committee, to register to speak at the hearing, or to get further information, please contact:
Gail Bennett, Principal Clerk, Operations
Legislative Assembly of the NWT
Telephone: 867-669-2343 or toll-free: 1-800-661-0784
Email: gail_bennett@gov.nt.ca
If you wish to utilize one of the official languages of the Northwest Territories, please contact the Committee Clerk on or before October 14, 2008.