Mr. Speaker, the conflict counsellor position will be an independent contract with someone outside of government. While the contract has to be administered by someone, I believe this is going to be done at arm's length. We are not going to be having the conflict counsellor reporting to the chairman of the Financial Management Board or the Minister of Public Service on every ruling he makes.

The important thing here is we have someone who is available to employees in the North and can provide them with advice on situations that they are running into. Thank you.