Mr. Chairman, colleagues, as Government House Leader and member of the Board of Management of this Assembly, I am pleased to present Bill 3, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act.

By practice, amendments of this nature have been introduced by the government after they have been developed by the Board of Management. The bill before you today, Mr. Chairman, will clarify that only one Minister serves as a member of the Board of Management, and provides for the appointment of alternate members to the Board of Management. In providing for alternate members, the amendment makes provision in the act for the appointment by the Legislative Assembly of one alternate Cabinet representative and two alternate Regular Members on the Board of Management. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.