Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have some concerns regarding the misuse of the special warrants. We are trying to open this government up to be more open and accountable. You would think with the experiences of the previous government, this government would realize that we will be under scrutiny, not only from Members of this House, but also from the public when it comes to how this government spends its money.

I want to make sure this government realizes this is the first supplementary of this government, but also that there is a history of governance. How we got here today and realizing the conflict of interest inquires and whatnot, there were many questions raised as to how special warrants are used, and to how this government makes decisions. Especially decisions when this House is not sitting.

I feel we should learn from the past. We should realize what we do in this House reflects on all of us as Members and how government spends money. It reflects on how those decisions were made. We have to ensure, as Ordinary Members, we scrutinize the policies, procedures, and the process these appropriations follow.

We now have rules in place which were established by the 13th Assembly that ensure this government is not going to be scrutinized on how we spend our money. Nor will we be scrutinized for the way decisions are made by Cabinet, in light of ourselves as Members.

I would just like to put it on the public record that I have some concerns regarding how this supplementary appropriation has been halved and the misuse of special warrants. After having to make some major cuts as a Member of the 13th Assembly, we cannot go back to the old ways. We have to make sure we realize that we do have limited resources, and we do have some financial restrictions.

We are looking at possibilities of having some major impacts in front of us that we have to ensure that we are ready for when those impacts come upon us. I would like to make it clear to Cabinet and also the Minister of Finance that this government has to ensure there is going to be the public trust in Members and Cabinet Ministers. We have to scrutinize all decisions from the bureaucratic level to those made in this House. We have to make sure whatever rules are in place are carried out.

With that, Mr. Speaker, I would like to make it clear that I would like the Cabinet to seriously look at what came out of the conflict of interest inquiry regarding how capital projects are allocated, especially when you see capital projects which were not even in the budgetary process showing up in Ministers ridings through special warrants. I feel those days are gone. Thank you.