Thank you, Mr. Chairman. For the most part, I would have to agree with what the Member is saying. The formation of a process by which all municipalities would be able to understand and follow things that should be done is needed. I think that process will be ongoing, especially with the Association of Municipalities. I think the suggestion made by the Member earlier in his general comments was also very good, and that when an administrator is put into a community, a dissolution process should also be clarified. Right now we don't have that. At this point, I've been holding off and saying I would like to take a good look at what options are available before we carry on. I think advice from Members like Mr. Patterson is valuable because he is experiencing a unique situation in the territories.

However, I would also like to remind the Member that Mr. Beaumont is in Iqaluit as a municipal administrator and that once an elected body is put into place in Iqaluit, he is no longer a municipal administrator. He would be an independent person and it would be up to Mr. Beaumont, as Mr. Beaumont and not as a municipal administrator, to decide whether he wants to stay on in Iqaluit. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.