Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just to quickly update the Member, the Department of Justice is currently doing further research. We need to determine if family violence legislation in the NWT is feasible. The department plans to answer the issues raised in the preliminary research, develop some options for family violence legislation drawing on the experience of other jurisdictions and in consultation with affected organizations and cost out some of those options.
The work will be done in cooperation with the Department of Health and Social Services and in consultation with RCMP, chief judge...(inaudible)..., status of women, legal services board, victim services agencies, and others. Our department expects to complete this work by June, 2002.