Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Yakeleya was saying before, if someone said, come down here for when we first come down here, the first people that meet us at the door is Mr. Clerk and his staff really help us to be able to do our duty here and they keep us in line, as Mr. Speaker does. I have always appreciated that you come down here and you get the help from people downstairs and it makes your job a lot easier. A couple comments I would like to make other than that on the Speaker's opening comments, like some of the Members, I was disappointed that we weren't being broadcast this year because a lot of people do like watching us on TV, but I can understand their reasoning as for not broadcasting and going with the existing demands of the broadcaster. I back him up on that. I think they made the right choice. I like the web cast format. I checked it a couple of times and I think that is something that will work really well. Iron out some bugs.
One of the things I don't agree with is in speaking to the law courts building being on the grounds of the Legislative Assembly and the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. They are both tourist attractions. I don't want this law courts building. Even with the price tag, it has got to be thought of as a tourist attraction. If there was another place that this building could sit. I would just as soon see it sit there. I would support any initiative to move it off of this property here and have it somewhere else.
I like the suggestion of the Pages. I think that is an excellent idea. The Pages that we have come down, to them, it is a real honour to be part of our proceedings. They take that very seriously. I would support any initiative like that.
I like the program that the Speaker is talking about bringing the mace and that out to the communities. All the travelling that we do, the people in the communities really, a lot of them like seeing their MLAs in the communities because they see us on TV and for them to actually see the mace and have the Speaker and some of the MLAs bring the mace around I think would give it a lot of good exposure. I think that is an excellent idea.
With that, Mr. Chair, I have outlined a couple of my concerns. I mentioned that all the help that we get from the staff here and everyone will agree with me. It is second to none. I had only one negative comment. I am sure a few of my colleagues will share the same feeling. Other than that, Mr. Chair, I will leave it at that. Thank you very much.