Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This particular bill, or the subject at that time, was discussed during the Nunavut Leadership Summit in lqaluit. Historically, the voting age was 21, and then they lowered it to 19. First of all I should point out that the Tungavik Federation of Nunavut requested that the voting age -- the youth of the NWT requested the voting age be lowered to 16. However, we all know that this is a subject that cannot easily be drastically changed, in terms of lowering it or raising it. This is not only a legal question but it is a social question that is not easily, drastically changed. With that feeling of the people in general, especially the adult population, we felt that it was necessary to try to maintain the responsible decision rather than making a drastic change and lowering it to less than age 18. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.