Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The dialogue between Mr. Allooloo and Mr. Kakfwi and Ms. MacPherson's explanation will definitely put zero unemployment to the lawyers of the NWT. That's just a comment, Mr. Chairman. I think it would be very good. We have to put down unemployment and I think we're hitting the wrong people.
Mr. Chairman, like Mr. Allooloo, I find it very difficult as some of these acts are old and have been amended, changed and made more suitable to people of the Northwest Territories. According to Ms. MacPherson, because this is an old typical information act clause, section 4(2)...I don't know...I guess I respect my elders a little bit more than the younger people in terms of experience, accuracy and wisdom, that the older acts sometimes are not perfect at first, but they're amended and changed until it is more acceptable to the majority of the population. At least they'd be a little bit more consistent. This particular section is very new and it's already overriding or prevailing over other acts that are old.
Maybe it's just a misunderstanding. I'm a little leery about the Child Welfare Act, adoption, social assistance, health care that there are exceptions here that some personal stuff will not be released to the public or to the proponent for the information. However, who is going to decide, ultimately maybe the courts, which has more weight -- this new information act overriding the other acts or the other access right protected or other disclosure prohibitions under another act. It confuses me more than a little.
I think, what we'll have to do in this case...I would like to ask the Minister, even if this act overrides or prevails over other acts, is there a plan already by the department to study this further so that grandfathered or older acts are not downplayed by this particular clause?