Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to raise some areas of concern which were raised by some Members. Usually when an MLA speaks out with concerns from their communities they allude to businesses. However, my area has not been to concentrate on organizations or businesses, it is more to deal with the people themselves, individuals who have concerns. I would like to say at this point that right now MLAs do not have the power to order productions of documents to review confidential files that the government may have and then make an independent decision, which I think have the right to having access to information would have. When we were in the community of Iqaluit, we received a presentation from Maliganik Tukisiiniakvik, which is a legal group. Their concerns were that they deal with individuals, not businesses, every day where they are not able to access information on the individual's pension. The Tree of Peace, here in Yellowknife, were not able to receive information on the government. The Status of Women said they were not able to receive information on the government that they would like to see. So, there are areas that we, as MLAs, would not be able to access at this point.
To also address the question of costs of a bureaucracy, I think in the report, if you have read it or listened to what has been said, we indicated on page 23 "To extend the jurisdiction of right to information legislation through an additional statute to bodies such as local government bodies, self-governing professional bodies and organizations which receive a specific minimum level of government funding." I think if it were to be addressed in this way, then there would be minimal cost to the government to run this legislation. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.