Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is difficult to give a time frame to it. I can comment on that briefly. Mr. Speaker, there are a number of pieces of legislation that will require amendments so that it complies with the Supreme Court ruling so that it is kept up-to-date in keeping with other precedents set in other jurisdictions regarding the definition of spouse and freedom from discrimination based on sex.
Our preliminary review has identified more than 35 individual acts which will have to be considered. In addition to the Adoption Act and Family Law Act, the list includes many, many more, such as the Fatal Accidents Act, the Mechanics Lien Act, the Public Trustee Act, Residential Tenancy Act, Maintenance Order Enforcements Act, and the list goes on.
It is difficult to suggest how long this may take, but we have indicated that this review probably will not be completed until sometime in the new year.