This is the first meeting of the Territorial Leadership Committee of the Members of the 13th Legislative Assembly. By way of some procedural items, you have the agenda in front of you and it is translated. You also have in your blue packages the rules and procedures for the leadership committee. There are eight items that just help Members to address how you will go through this committee today and tomorrow. Also, I would like to advise that, of course, we have interpretation in Inuktitut, North and South Slavey and Dogrib which is available to Members throughout the next two days. I think you can get used to your receivers which are here. Your volume and your channel selection is all in front of you as well.

Members should be aware that they're not required to turn on their microphones; they will be automatically be turned on for you. The Chair, once you have elected your Speaker-elect, will assume the Chair of the Territorial Leadership Committee and will have total control of the committee.

Also in front of Members, when there are speeches to be made, there is a timing mechanism in the Chamber, and the countdown will be on there for those Members who wish to make speeches. So when it comes to speeches today or tomorrow, you'll be able to see the time frame that you have left on your monitor in front of you.

We are being recorded for television and will be rebroadcasting proceedings on TVNC this evening and again tomorrow, and also CBC will be carrying certain portions of the proceedings live on their network.

This is a less formal committee than in the House itself. When Members do wish to speak, they have an option of remaining seated or they can stand. Probably the best thing for the majority of the time would be if you would remain seated if it's not for actual speeches later on today. But the choice of that is yours.