Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will be voting in favour of this particular motion, but I would like to caution Members, as well as future Members, who will be dealing with this type of challenge. We must clearly distinguish the role that we represent.

It’s Cabinet’s typical role of developing legislation, proposing it to the Members, and the Members will review it, respond to it, and dispose of it appropriately in the House. I caution this because if we are reviewing or commenting on regulations, I then beg to say on this particular case is the next logical step that our MLAs on the Members’ side now developing policy and where does it continue? I think it’s a slippery slope when the Members themselves are developing specific regulations or overseeing them. I think that’s a strong role that should be left up to the departments and they have the authority to do that.

This motion specifically really looks at the process and convention to facilitate that, and I think that’s the type of discussion that really needs to happen here and we need to make sure that the roles are clearly defined. I’m not sure if there’s really an excuse for a particular occasion other than the fact that people want to be involved. I can appreciate that Members want to be involved in regulation writing but, quite frankly, they’re not, on the Members’ side, you’re not mini-Ministers. People have to remember that. We’re not a true opposition, which certainly makes this particular issue, I think, complicated, and I think we have to spend time examining again maybe the Members’ role. Perhaps maybe there’s a reason we should be involved, perhaps there isn’t, but I do look forward to the future discussion on this particular issue and I think it would be very helpful going forward.