Mahsi, Madam Speaker. I've been following the discussions today with a lot of interest and I've been obviously very interested in this area since last fall when we went through the mid-term review. I was one of the ordinary Members who tried to influence some action last November, once the review was completed, but even before the review, and once the review was done.

Today in this House I have not heard one Member stand up and speak in support of the Minister in question. Not one Member. The focus today has been on the Premier and on her ability to lead and provide leadership. Most Members have expressed that opinion and their support of the Premier. I think we have all been thinking about this a great deal. Many of us are procrastinating a great deal on this issue as to what we do. We have been doing this since last fall. The comments that were made today and during this past week in our back room discussions are all the same ones that we went through last fall.

In terms of the Premier exercising the authority to remove Ministers, I think only once in this past two and a half years has she done that where she asked a Minister for his resignation.

I support the actions of the mover and the seconder in getting this out in the open. That took some courage. I certainly support the move to do that and to be able to discuss this publicly. The Minister in question, after the mid-term review, has stated publicly because we had given her a failing grade that the Members put me in and the Members have to take me out. I think that was in several newspapers and I heard it personally. I honestly believe that it is up to us as Members to exercise some responsibility and vote in the best way we can. I think democracy has to take its course and it is going to happen one way or another today. We have to live by the results. I don't think anybody should take any of this personally. It is one person, one vote. I think the people who are abstaining are doing so because they are supporting the Premier and want the Premier to make a decision one way or another. We will live with it. I, personally, will vote in favour of the motion. Mahsi.