Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to speak very briefly in support of the bill. I think it's a bill that contains lots of provisions that would clean up, so to speak, or enhance or improve our election procedures and set more clear rules and guidelines on certain areas of election rules where there are more grey areas than we would want to have had.

I am in support of this bill. This is quite a lengthy bill and one of the things that it is doing is to set the time for the election and it's now going to be known with certainty. I don't think a lot of people who are not familiar with this issue appreciate as much the extent to which the complexities have gone on in deciding that because of the vast differences in our weather systems or the large territory that we have to gather. In the past, election days were not set. Sometimes we don't get, not recognized, but we don't take time to pause and be happy or grateful for those important decisions we do make. I think this is one of them and now when this legislation comes into effect, everyone on the land who is interested in putting their name forward will know just like the rest of us sitting here, who is planning on running again. I think that's just part of good governing in a democracy.

There are lots of provisions like that here. I just want to put on record my support for the general provisions and specific provisions of this legislation. I also want to express my appreciation to the Chief Electoral Officer and the staff for doing the work that he's done. I just wanted to put that on record. Thank you, Madam Chair.