Doocey Matt: Environment Canterbury (Transitional Governance Arrangements) Bill — Second ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeDoocey Matt: Environment Canterbury (Transitional Governance Arrangements) Bill — Second Reading[Sitting date: 10 March 2016. Volume:711;Page:9638. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]MATT DOOCEY (National—Waimakariri): It is a pleasure and an honour to rise in support of the Environment Canterbury (Transitional Governance Arrangements) Bill in its second reading. Can I first start off by saying I was fortunate to attend the Crusaders-Blues game on Friday night. It was great to see the Crusaders out there beating the Blues. We know that when Canterbury rugby goes well New Zealand rugby goes well and good luck to the Crusaders. I know I will be out there barracking for them for the rest of the year.Can I also acknowledge members of Parliament from all sides of this House for their continued support for Canterbury post-earthquake. But I would put a challenge to the Labour Party which is constantly saying that it is in support. How come its top Canterbury-based MP is No. 10 in its caucus? It has got fewer than two dozen MPs in its caucus and yet you have to go down halfway to find its first Canterbury MP.Hon Simon Bridges: I couldn’t even name who that person is.MATT DOOCEY: Ha ha! I challenge Labour to put its first Canterbury MP up high and show its support for Canterbury.Really Labour’s position on this bill demonstrates it is the “Two-position Party”. What I am saying about that is that Labour was against the Greater Christchurch Regeneration Bill because it did not like the power the elected representatives—the Ministers—had and it wanted to give more power to the appointed members of the Regenerate Christchurch board. That is in stark contrast to its position on this bill where Labour members are now claiming they do not want to put power in the hands of appointed members. The “Two-position Party” strikes again on the referendum on free-trade agreements and now on Canterbury legislation.What this bill is about is confidence and stability and this bill is going to provide confidence and stability to Cantabrians. When you look at the legislative process the bill was referred after its first reading to the Local Government and Environment Committee and we had a range of submissions with differing views. We have made a few amendments and now it is coming back into the House. That shows it is a good bill and we are proud to support that. When you look at the departmental report it said the bill meets the policy intent to provide appropriate mechanisms to continue the progress made under the current commissioners while acting as a transitional measure to a fully elected council in 2019.What we know is that the good work of the Environment Canterbury commissioners has taken one of the worst-performing regional councils to now being one of the best and I know constituents in my electorate of Waimakariri trust the process Environment Canterbury has taken. It has taken the noise out of water quality and nutrient leaching discussions because it is a collaborative process in the zone committees and zone implementation plans. That is why Cantabrians are supporting this bill and that is why they are supporting this Government. They trust this Government and its confidence and stability. I support this bill to the House.