Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm seconding this motion because it makes sense to call an early election. From what I heard from the federal Minister of Finance, the Honourable Paul Martin's budget speech a few days ago, our government will be getting very large funding cuts from Ottawa in the 1996-97 fiscal year. It will take time for our government to prepare for those cuts. Should we have a spring election, this will allow the new government enough time to properly plan and prepare for these funding cuts. Our government will not be able to make these kinds of cuts in a hurry. If we are to be fair and reasonable and, above all, be a responsible government, then we should allow the new government as much time as possible to decide how to handle the cuts so the impact can be minimal. I see no other way to do this but to have an election sooner rather than later. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.