Thanks, Mr. Chair. I will keep this very brief. We read the report into the House, I think it was yesterday. The Rules and Procedures Committee held public hearings in three different locations, Fort Smith, Yellowknife, and Inuvik, on some changes that are going to be forthcoming for discussion.

These are changes to the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act. Just quickly, these will:

• modify the oath of office sworn by Members to include obligations;
• clarify conflict of interest regime in respect of Members and former Members;
• require adoption by the Legislative Assembly of a Code of Conduct;
• establish standards for the conduct of Members;
• require Members to comply with any code of conduct adopted;
• create the Office of Integrity Commissioner to carry out the duties of the former Conflict of Interest Commissioner, as well as similar duties in relation to the Code of Conduct;
• clarify the obligations of Members in respect to the receipt of gifts, personal benefits; and
• correct consistencies and errors identified in the act.

This is the closing of the loop. The very first thing that we did, actually, as a Legislative Assembly was to refer the Code of Conduct to the Rules and Procedures Committee. This is the end of that process of reviewing our Code of Conduct, and the report that committee has come forward with has a few recommendations that we will get into.

I think that this is very important work that we all undertook and will ensure greater accountability and transparency for future MLAs. Thanks, Mr. Chair.