Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I don't know whether the municipal administrator, as an independent person, would be willing or able to stay on after council has been elected, which is one of the areas that the Member has raised. However, I believe there is a recommendation that an SAO could be hired on by the advisory committee and the municipal administrator, and would be able to work with the municipal administrator until an election is held. When the election is held, whether the new council would be willing to work with the new SAO would be something that the new council would have to decide.
As far as the municipal administrator, no. He is an independent contractor. Being an independent contractor, if he is willing to work with the new elected council, that would be for Mr. Beaumont to decide. I am told that an evaluation of an operation such as Iqaluit run by an administrator would likely take about a week for an operational review to take place. Again, I would like to state that I would like to be sure that, when an election is held, the new council is taking on an operation which is on the advice of the municipal administrator, and the evaluation is in a sound position for a new council to take over. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.