Madam Speaker: I would like to draw the attention of all honourable members to the loge to my left where we have with us this afternoon Councillor John Angus, Speaker of City Hall and former member for St. Norbert.

On behalf of all honourable members, I welcome you this afternoon.

Mr. Doug Martindale (Burrows): Madam Speaker, do I have leave for a nonpolitical statement?

Madam Speaker: Does the honourable member for Burrows have leave for a nonpolitical statement? [agreed]

Order, please. I wonder if I might ask for the co-operation of all honourable members in moving quickly out of the Chamber to carry on their conversations so that we can all hear the comments of the honourable member for Burrows.

Mr. Martindale: On Saturday, April 12, 1997, the Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre held a tribute dinner to honour Dr. Leo Mol, at which he was presented the Order of the Buffalo Hunt by Premier Filmon. Dr. Mol has an extensive list of artistic creations, including portrait busts, portrait figures, monuments, including the Right Honourable John Diefenbaker, Max Bell, St. Vladimir and others. In addition to sculptures, Leo Mol has designed and executed more than 80 stained glass windows, including at St. Vladimir and Olga Cathedral in the north end of Winnipeg.

We as Manitobans are grateful that Dr. Leo Mol, who immigrated to Canada in 1948, has made Winnipeg his home and that the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden is located in Assiniboine Park. Duncan Campbell Scott, poet and essayist said: Art persists by the same force that leads a man to do good because it is true and beautiful to do so and from no mercantile reason whatever, and thus art and religion are fed by the same translucent springs. Artists like Dr. Leo Mol remind us that life is not just about the marketplace and buying and selling but that culture has an important role in our lives.

I congratulate Dr. Leo Mol on being honoured by the Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre and on receiving Manitoba's highest award, the Order of the Buffalo Hunt, and for enriching our lives and our province with his artistic creations.

Mr. Edward Helwer (Gimli): I move, seconded by the member for Sturgeon Creek (Mr. McAlpine), that the composition of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (for Thursday, April 17) be amended as follows: the member for Turtle Mountain (Mr. Tweed) for the member for Riel (Mr. Newman), the member for St. Vital (Mrs. Render) for the member for Morris (Mr. Pitura), the member for Pembina (Mr. Dyck) for the member for River Heights (Mr. Radcliffe).

Motion agreed to.

Mr. George Hickes (Point Douglas): I move, seconded by the member for Broadway (Mr. Santos), that the composition of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts be amended as follows: Radisson (Ms. Cerilli) for Elmwood (Mr. Maloway), for Thursday, April 17, 1997, for 10 a.m.

Motion agreed to.