Mr. Chairman, this particular clause, this whole bill, has caused some concern and I want you to know, just for the record, some of the concerns that I had expressed. First of all, in order to alleviate the concerns, we brought forth this motion. I think this clause in itself is only trying to give the authority to the Premier on a piecemeal basis. It's not giving her the full authority, the proper authority and accountability.

This bill, as it is, is asking that she be given the authority to revoke appointments of Cabinet. We all know that every Cabinet Member is appointed by the Legislative Assembly. I felt it was unfair that she be given the authority to revoke an appointment without having the ability to appoint those Members accordingly. I felt that we have had an understanding that we gave her extra powers in order to be able to revoke appointments by requesting undated resignations from each of her Ministers. With that, that is how she would address it if she had to revoke an appointment. I feel that, as the bill is being presented, it does not address the total concerns of the Assembly. I feel that the bill in itself should bring in an amendment that would give the Premier the authority to appoint Ministers and, at the same time, revoke appointments as she or he deems required.

I think, simultaneously, these two bills should come in together and it's unfortunate that it hasn't gone back to committee because if this motion had passed, they could come in simultaneously to address both of those concerns. That's what's causing the confusion in the House on this particular bill. It's only dealing with the problem on a piecemeal basis, and we're trying to give it a Band-Aid solution. Those are my comments on that particular bill. Thank you.