Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker,

I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, that Bill 7, An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Act, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill amends the Workers' Compensation Act to permit dependent surviving spouses who marry or re-marry, to retain their compensation entitlements under the act. The bill also restores the compensation entitlements of such spouses who married or re-married on or after April 17, 1985, the date the equality provisions of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms came into force. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.