Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, that Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Act, No. 2, be read for the second time.
Mr. Speaker, this bill amends the Workers' Compensation Act to enable the Workers' Compensation Board to make a special payment to dependent surviving spouses who have lost compensation entitlements under the Act, or any predecessor to the Act because they married or re-married before April 17, 1985, the date the equality provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms came into force. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.