I have a couple of comments on it. First of all, I think I'm a little bit concerned about what seems to be a recent trend here in the Legislative Assembly. We have set up quite a sophisticated, all-inclusive legislative process where public hearings are held; the Legislation committee has opportunity to discuss and to debate all our bills; and, any Member who is not part of that committee can go in front of the committee. Members have an opportunity, if they have concerns, to bring them forth many times during the process.

I'm a little bit concerned, it seems that we are starting to have last-minute amendments now. I respect that every Member has a right to do that, and I'm not taking away that right, but Members have to recognize, though, that if they bring forward last-minute amendments, they have to respect that other Members may not be 100 per cent sure of all the ramifications of that amendment and what it is going to do to the overall bill.

I'm concerned because legislation is a finely tuned process and if one component doesn't fit in with the rest, all of the legislation can be off. I have always been very hesitant to deal with last-minute amendments and try to anticipate all the ramifications involved. I think that, in this particular case, the government has gone a long way to accommodate the concerns of Members and Mr. Lewis. But I think essentially what the government has proposed is pretty well what we can do right now.

I am a little concerned because the reality is the Science Institute, when it's under the umbrella of Arctic College, is a different institution than it was when it was independent. My concern is that if the Legislative Assembly can direct them to do something, that can be in total conflict with what is happening in Arctic College. It seems to me that they will be there to serve that particular group more than the general group, and I can see a conflict.

If I were the chair of the board of the Science Institute and the Legislative Assembly tells me to do one thing and Arctic College tells me to do something else, I would be caught. The way it is now, if the Legislative Assembly has a legitimate request, it will be handled, and there is a whole political process so that it will be possible to deal with the government of the day, if they don't handle it. So, I think the government has gone a long way, there has been a lot of work done with this particular bill and I'm happy with the compromise that the government has offered.

So, with reluctance, Mr. Lewis, because I respect your strongly-held views, I won't be able to support your amendment. Thank you.