Mr. Speaker, I would venture to say that if an inmate challenged the territorial Corrections Act -- or I should say the Elections Act which would be the statute at issue -- there is some possibility that the court would await the final word of the Supreme Court of Canada on that
matter. I want to assure the honourable Member that if it appears that once this issue is resolved in the courts, if it appears that our statute is contrary to the Charter of Rights for Canada, then this government will bring forward an appropriate amendment to the Legislature to correct that inequity. We are prepared to do so.
I am told, however, Mr. Speaker, that there are some special circumstances in the Northwest Territories that may not have been considered in the Ontario case, and that the prudent approach would be to await the Supreme Court of Canada judgment, see whether it applies to us as well as it applies to Ontario, and then, as I said, if the judgment is that this ruling should apply to the Northwest Territories, this government will bring forward the appropriate amendment. But for those reasons, I believe the prudent course would be to await this appeal which will settle it by the very highest court in the land. Thank you.