The honourable member for Gimli has been nominated. Are there any further nominations?
Seeing none, the honourable member for Gimli has been elected as Vice-Chairperson of the committee. Congratulations, sir. This afternoon the committee will be considering Bill 25, The Municipal Assessment Amendment Act, and Bill 47, The Municipal Assessment Amendment Act (2). The committee had previously considered Bill 25 on July 5, and had heard presenters to the bill at that time. At the July 5 meeting, it was agreed to defer the clause-by-clause consideration of the bill. To date, we have had one person register to speak to Bill 47, and I will read that name aloud: Mr. Mike McCandless from McCandless & Associates. If there are any other persons in attendance who wish to speak to the bill this afternoon and who have not already registered, would you please see the Chamber Branch personnel at the back of the room to register. In addition, I would like to remind presenters that if they wish to hand out written material to the committee that 15 copies are required. If assistance is req
