Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Again, I appreciate the Member's suggestions and comments. I know that from the commission point of view, as I said before, their focus, when they first got together and their first meetings, were to look at what's in the building now. They met with the architect that designed the building to see what possibly could fit in the building, to make sure that anything that they do is going to be well incorporated into the building. But one of the things that they looked at, as well, is to convert the media room into an interpretive centre for the Legislative Assembly, and that was part of the Outcrop report. Some of the suggestions were made in there, and that is one area that they've looked at, but at the same time that's a fairly costly venture. It would be somewhere in the neighbourhood of $100,000 to $200,000.

But I mean, I'm sure the commission, as well, is quite open to suggestions from any Members. If Members have ideas that they would like them to look at, I'm sure that they would be more than willing to do that. After their meetings, they report back to the Board of Management with any progress that they're making, or any concerns or ideas that they've come up with. Then, of course, it's up to the Board of Management to see if we can find some money for them or go along with their proposals. So I would encourage the Member that if he has some specific areas that he would like that committee to look at, to maybe make it known to them. I'm sure they would be more than happy to look at different areas and report back to the Board of Management, and we can certainly keep Members appraised as to what their reports are. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Braden. Thank you. Page 1-17, activity summary, office of the Speaker, operations expenditure summary, $199,000.

Page 1-18 and 1-19, information item, office of the Speaker, active positions. Agreed?

Page 1-21, activity summary, expenditures on behalf of the Members, operations expenditure summary, $5.528 million.

Page 1-23, activity summary, office of the Chief Electoral Officer, operations expenditure summary, $433,000.

Page 1-25, information item, office of the Chief Electoral Officer. Oh, I'm sorry; 1-24 and 1-25. Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm just wondering, the deputy CEO that has been talked about for awhile, that's the other position that's included here and I'm just wondering when the deputy CEO might come on staff. When are we projecting that to happen? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There has been money added to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer this year. Part of that is for the hiring of the CEO. There is some legislative change required for that, but we're hoping to get that done in May, June, so that we can proceed with that hiring of the DCEO. Of course, the hiring of the DCEO is pretty well within the mandate of the Chief Electoral Officer, although he's agreed to work very closely with Members on who that's going to be. So we're expecting that to be coming forward here in the next months. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So the individual that gets the DCEO position, will be in place for about a year prior to the election in the fall of 2007. So that's a good time and I don't need a comment. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Page 1-24, 1-25, information item, office of the Chief Electoral Officer, active positions.

Page 1-29, activity summary, statutory officers, grants and contributions, contributions, total grants and contributions, $298,000.

Can the committee turn to 1-7, department summary, operations expenditure summary, $14.536 million.