Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife Frame Lake, that Bill 15, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, be read for the second time.
Mr. Speaker, this bill amends the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act to revise the electoral districts for Hay River, Inuvik, and Yellowknife for the purposes of establishing five additional electoral districts. This bill also revises the electoral districts for Deh Cho to include the community of Enterprise. In addition, this bill eliminates ten current electoral districts that will be located in Nunavut on the establishment of that new territory. It makes minor amendments to the description of some of the other existing electoral districts by replacing reference to Nunavut Settlement Area Boundary with reference to the Nunavut/Northwest Territories Boundary and provides that it will come into force on the first dissolution of the Legislative Assembly after April 1st, 1999. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.