Mr. Speaker, I will speak in favour of this motion. At the front of my responsibility is my constituents and I have a number of them in the riding of Great Slave who are employees of the federal police and military service. I too want to see that the benefits of living in the North are extended as much as possible to them.

However, I also note that the mover, Mr. Dent, has said that he is not seeking an exclusion or an amendment just for people in this employ, but for anyone who lives in the Northwest Territories for more then six months. Given the way our economy is developing, I think that in some small way if this can help encourage people to look at the Northwest Territories as a welcoming place, something that they can really put some roots down, that will be a benefit.

I think there is also something that we should look at, as Ms. Lee said, with mobility and going from place to place in Canada where we already have so many different standards by which benefits are extended or rights are extended. This is one way, in some sense, of equalizing things.

Mr. Dent has done a good job of researching this, Mr. Speaker. He has made it very evident that the whole Wildlife Act is something that is really taking on almost a life of its own in terms of consultation. This Assembly is seeing a lot of money and a lot of time expended in review and consultation on the Act.

A provision like this can be considered and should be considered up through to the committee level. I endorse it, at least to get it out to that stage so that the public can have a chance to give their views and we can come back and report with confidence on what I think is a good move. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.