(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I, myself, will be supporting this amendment to the motion, because the insurance companies in the Northwest Territories are, no doubt, in need of improvements, particularly in the further communities in the High Arctic. In the smaller communities, when they try to get insurance, they can only get insurance through the telephone.

People that live in the higher communities, who try to apply for insurance have to ask for it through the telephone, and this can be quite costly. Those who live in the smaller communities, who have to get insurance for their motor vehicles, are charged rates that are the same as those who are living close to highways. I think that this will have to be looked into further, because this is quite unfair to the smaller communities.

For instance, if I were to live in Grise Fiord and wanted to get insurance, I would have to call Yellowknife or Churchill, Manitoba, and these are long distances from my community. I am already paying the cost of long distance phone calls. If you are not covered by insurance, we cannot drive. I think we will have to look into this Insurance Act further, and improve, or amend, the bill. For that reason, I will be supporting the amendment to the bill. The tentative effective date is 1994, I will be voting against the motion. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.