Mr. Speaker, under the present legislation of the federal government, there is a requirement that in order to renew or acquire a firearms acquisition certificate, a person must first successfully complete a firearms safety course. In the Northwest Territories that provision of federal legislation has been put on hold. So, in fact, here in

the north on two occasions now, we have delayed implementation of that particular provision. This is pending, hopefully, successful negotiations with the federal government to have in place a culturally-relevant, acceptable firearms safety course. At this time, there is no such course and so the Attorney General of the Northwest Territories, who is also the Attorney General of Canada, has agreed to withhold the implementation of the provision.

As far as the firearms officers are concerned, yes, there is only one at this time and that position is stationed here in Yellowknife.