Mr. Speaker, as a Premier, I am responsible for the affirmative action policy, so I am responsible for it. I have undertaken to work with Mr. Handley, the Minister responsible for the public service. Recently in partnership -- I am not sure it is a partnership, but we have a working relationship with the Accountability and Oversight Committee, which has set up a sub-committee to work with us, looking at staffing appeals and to find ways in which to assure both sides of the House that we are dealing with this in a way that meets the expectations of the Members of the Legislature.

We know that we need to improve the staffing appeals process, and we need to make sure it is transparent and fair. We have worked with the sub-committee on this issue, and I believe we are moving ahead, after consultation with the committee, to set out how independent staffing appeal review officers should be set up and how the appeals would be dealt with, and to make sure there is accountability, I think, on the process. Appointments, how appointments are made, the annual reports and how these will be conducted, the qualification of these review officers, and again, how appeals will be conducted under a new proposed model, or ones that we are looking at. This is the work we have undertaken to date. Thank you.