Thank you, very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Ordinary Members' Caucus, I did want to advise this House that we have chosen Mr. Nerysoo for our chairman of the Ordinary Members' Caucus.

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Mr. Nerysoo has agreed to take on the responsibility for this session, and then he will assess to see how we conduct ourselves to decide whether or not he will continue as the chairman for our Ordinary Members' Caucus.

Mr. Speaker, we have full confidence that Mr. Nerysoo's experience and capabilities will represent us in this House effectively. All Members know that Mr. Nerysoo's ability to present himself and to bring forth our issues effectively. I apologize, I do not have my statement fully developed, I am just reading from my notes.

Mr. Speaker, I want to say that all Members have full confidence in Mr. Nerysoo's capability of bringing forth the issues effectively and eloquently on behalf of the caucus. We all know that he has a great deal of experience as a Member of this House, as a past leader, as a past Minister of the government, and with that I want to advise him that as the past chairman of the caucus, he has more than my full support in assisting his responsibilities that he has decided to take on.

I thank him very much, and I thank the Members for giving Mr. Nerysoo their support. Thank you.

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