Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I, too, support the amendments. I think they're long overdue. We had outdated legislation. We've seen a lot of our municipalities grow over the years and they've been asking to take on more responsibilities while having more control and say on exactly how their dollars are being administered and managed. Having the expectation from the people that they represent that they are able to have meaningful say in the growth and expansion of our communities and have the ability to have the resources to make the changes that people expect without having to continue depending on outside forces to help them make those decisions.

I think it's important that, through this legislation, we do thank those people that have worked on this for some time, going back to the 13th Assembly and now in the 14th Assembly. I think it's great to see we're now in Committee of the Whole dealing with this legislation and hopefully bringing it into force.

With that, I just want to state that I do support the amendment in the bill to ensure that we do give the communities the tools they're asking. I'd like to thank the Minister and his department for the long, drawn out process in those communities and the committee that has gone out of its way to ask for public input into these amendments. With that, I will be supporting the amendments.