Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as the chairperson of the ordinary Members' caucus, I want to take this opportunity to congratulate the Government Leader on a commitment she has made to allow ordinary MLAs to participate in the development of the 1992-93 capital estimates and to scrutinize future years' requests. In keeping with her commitment of more open government and greater ordinary Member involvement, the Government Leader has agreed, yesterday, to provide Members with copies of community budget submissions. In past years this information was with held from Members, and as a result, Members were excluded from the planning process. It has been past practice that Members attempted to exert influence by introducing formal motions in the House. It has become apparent that this practice can only lead to chaos. Ordinary Members agreed that capital projects should be based on need and should not be brought down to the level of debating one region against the other, or community against community.

This information will be invaluable to the ordinary Members as we attempt to prioritize the capital needs of our communities for the coming year. Delivery of these documents will provide us with this opportunity. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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