Thank you, Mr. Speaker-elect. I have read the report prepared by Government Operations. I think it's a very good report. I think there is significant value in an ombudsman here in the Northwest Territories. A couple of things. I don't see it as being an officer of the government. I see it as being an officer of the Legislative Assembly. Given that we'll actually be doing reviews of things the government is doing, it can't actually be a body of government. Therefore, I think it's the responsibility of Caucus to direct whether or not we move forward with an ombudsman. If Caucus says yes, I am fully supportive of it. As a government leader, I would be happy to help facilitate the development of some legislation, but ultimately it's going to be legislation of the Legislative Assembly as opposed to legislation of the Government of the Northwest Territories.

This is a good idea. This is something that needs to happen. We need to make sure that we're not duplicating any of the services that we're providing through a number of our other statutory officers. There might be some opportunities to start rolling some of those in under an ombudsman, but it's something that its time has come and we need to move forward. Thank you, Mr. Speaker-elect.