Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, having gone through a similar process with regard to this in the 13th Assembly, where a project was moved from the previous Speaker of the Legislative Assembly's riding to a Minister's riding at the time, this issue was debated fully in the 13th Assembly because of this type of ability for the department to move a project from any Member's riding to another riding without notification. Because of that, there was an adjustment made to the Financial Administration Act to ensure that no projects over a specific amount were going to be moved without notification.

In this case, there is a real fundamental principle that we all abide by in this House, and it is to be informed on what goes on, on a day-to-day matter that affects ourselves as Members and affects our constituency, when capital projects are being taken out of our riding.

I think it has to be fundamental. The basic principle of a government of our consensus style of government is openness. To allow all Members on this side of the House and the Cabinet Ministers on that side to work together cooperatively so we know what is going to happen, so we are not caught by surprise, where we find out, after the fact, that two projects have been cancelled in your riding.

I think that it is imperative that as a government, we ensure that openness continues.

The whole reason to have a directive such as 302 is to ensure that there are rules laid out so everybody plays by the rules. You cannot have a rule one day and then decide the next day to chuck it out because it is going to take too much time to consult and bring it back to a standing committee for them to really realize what the implication of that change is.

I think that it is important that we do follow the rules that we set and that we ensure that we have a fair and open process.

I believe that this motion is in line, in regard to ensuring that that process is there and that we do have an open, accountable and a consensus style of government that really means what it means -- consensus, open government.

With that, Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask Members, my colleagues, to support this motion, because if it can happen to me, it can happen to any one of you.