Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to forward a motion stating,

WHEREAS section 21 of the Electoral Boundaries Commissions Act provides that the Nunavut Electoral Boundaries Commission shall prepare a report containing recommendations respecting the area, boundaries, name and representation of new electoral districts proposed for Nunavut by the Commission;

AND WHEREAS section 23 of the Electoral Boundaries Commissions Act provides that the Nunavut Electoral Boundaries Commission shall, in preparing its report, consider any guidelines or criteria proposed for its consideration by resolution of the Legislative Assembly;

AND WHEREAS the Legislative Assembly is committed to ensure that all necessary measures are taken to provide for the first election of the members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut;

AND WHEREAS the Nunavut leaders, at their meeting held in Cambridge Bay on February 16 and 17, 1997, recommended that Nunavut should have no fewer than 20 and no more than 22 members;

NOW THEREFORE I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Natilikmiot, that the Legislative Assembly proposes, pursuant to section 23 of the Electoral Boundaries Commissions Act, that the Nunavut Electoral Boundaries Commission ensure that its report contains options for both 10 or 11 dual member electoral districts and 20 to 22 single member electoral districts;

AND FURTHER, pursuant to subsection 24(1) of the Electoral Boundaries Commissions Act, the Legislative Assembly requests that the Nunavut Electoral Boundaries Commission complete its report on or before June 30, 1997. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.