Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Lewis, in proposing this bill, has been very clear on the principle that he is advocating; that is, whether or not voters can remove a Member from office before their term of office has been completed. For many of us, and me especially, it is a real political dilemma because it is very hard to disagree with the principle that is being advocated by Mr. Lewis. In this day and age, it is politically correct to vote for such a principle.

However, the problem I have is I don't agree with many of the details that are proposed in the bill. I know the debate today is on the principle of the bill, but I would like to state some of the issues that I have with the current bill before us.

The number of voters in a recall petition has been advocated at 50 per cent. Reviewing the number of electors in certain constituencies, there are a very small number of voters in some of the constituencies; the smallest being 580 to 600. So the number of people required to recall are very small and could cause a lot of frivolous recall petitions.

The other area is the application fee for filing is very low. The main issue is what are appropriate grounds for detail. They aren't detailed in the bill. This bill, I believe, has been created to address the code and conduct of MLAs, not only on our conduct in this House, but our conduct outside of this House. I don't feel that this bill is, as it is formatted, addresses that issue.

Currently, I am accountable to the electorate in Inuvik. I will and have followed the directions of the majority of people who have advised me and who I talked to over the past three years. So I do agree, as I mentioned, with the principle of the bill and if it advances to the next stage, I am going to work very hard to make or try to get appropriate amendments to the bill to address the issues that aren't raised. Mahsi.