Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I say, my point was, I wanted to expand the membership on the committee by public representation. I am a member, an ex officio member, of the committee and I have attended in the past and will continue to attend the meetings. I was convinced and still am of the conviction that some outside membership would prove beneficial. It cannot always be a government to government process. It needs to be a people process, from the public. However, I do admit good progress has been made. There is now ad hoc representation on a more formalized basis of the women's groups, Members from the Western Caucus and the municipalities, and the meetings have now been opened to the general public.

Mr. Speaker, I do agree that good progress has been made. I would like to state that the next meeting of the working group will be June 5th and 6th in Yellowknife. Also, I would like to acknowledge that there is a full contingent of Ordinary Members here this morning, Mr. Speaker. Thank you very much.

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