The next item on the agenda is item 5, nominations for Premier. The Premier nominations and candidate speech guidelines are in your packages on your desks in front of you.

As per the guidelines, my first duty is now to ask all Members who wish to allow their names to stand for the position of Premier to please rise in their places. Thank you. Nominated for Premier, then, are Mr. R.J. Simpson, Mr. Lafferty, Ms. Cochrane, and Ms. Martselos. Thank you. You may be seated.

We will now proceed to the speeches by the four candidates for Premier. Each candidate is permitted to make a 20-minute speech, and the speeches will be made in alphabetical order by surname. As such, I will first call upon Ms. Cochrane for her speech. Ms. Cochrane, you have the floor.