Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Bill 17, An Act to Amend the Nursing Profession Act, is a good bill. I know the NWT Registered Nurses Association, and especially the nurses who are presently training in the Arctic College program that was started two years ago, are very interested in this bill. The reason for that is the old bill wouldn't have allowed them to be registered or recognized. But, now the amendments to the Nursing Profession Act will allow the nurses in the north who are training to be registered by the Registered Nurses Association; that way, they can work in the north. They are
training in the north and so they should work in the Northwest Territories as well.
Based on that and looking at these documents and the comments that were made by the government, the Standing Committee on Legislation and the presentation provided to the Standing Committee on Legislation by the NWT Registered Nurses Association -- who are quite in favour of it -- I want to add my support to this bill. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.