Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I do understand that the Minister has this senior management board made up of board chairs from across the country and he has relied on their service during the tenure of his term as Minister, but I would like the Minister to take a look at the possibility of formalizing this further and constituting some kind of advisory board for Stanton. I really think it's essential. It's time has come. I think it's been awhile since the last time we had a board there. It is a hospital that should be performing at its maximum to provide the specialized service, as well as the territorial umbrella service that the Minister envisions that it will do. It has to go through the master plan, it will have a new CEO, so perhaps it's time with the new CEO that the board chairs of all the boards should constitute together as an advisory...transitional or interim until such time as it's decided that there should be a need for a board to be more formally recognized. We should at least try that. I really think that a hospital like that should not be going through recruiting a CEO, doing a long-term plan, doing a long-term facility plan and address all of the health issues that are going on all around us in terms of delivering service. Nationally, too, there are lots of things on the agenda. I just think it's time for the Minister to look at that. I would like to know if he would undertake to look at that and come back to the committee and tell us the pros and cons and maybes of why he would or would not, or thinks it's not a good idea, and maybe we should do some consultation on that, too. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the intent is to, probably not in the life of this Assembly because we don't have the legislative time, but we do have to amend the act that governs all the authorities and boards. It would be my intention that we would be looking at putting the current JLC structure into the legislation. It doesn't now exist there. I have always recognized the need to have some kind of oversight by chairs or some kind of board. Very clearly, I am of the opinion that that JLC is provided that oversight that we need.

We also have a very close working connection with the individual authorities, as well as with the Social Programs committee. So we are looking at revising that act because it does need revisions. It's out of date and there are some changes underway in terms that we would like to contemplate with other things like tenure for board chairs and those types of things. I appreciate the Member's concern. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move we report progress.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. The motion is to report progress. The motion is in order. It's not debatable. Does committee agree?

All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Thank you. I will rise and report progress. I would like to thank you, Mr. Minister, Mr. Murray and Mr. St. Germaine, for being with us this afternoon. Thank you.

Can I have the report of Committee of the Whole? Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Bill 18, Appropriation Act, 2006-2007, and, Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Is there a seconder for the motion? The honourable Member for Range Lake, Ms. Lee. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Third reading of bills. Orders of the day.

Thank you, Mr. Ouellette. Accordingly, this House stands adjourned until Friday, February 10, 2006, at 10:00 a.m.

---ADJOURNMENT

The House adjourned at 17:53 p.m.