Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As I look at it, this government is covered by the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, and that's largely because it's a public government. The public need to know that they are going to have reasonable access to look at government documents, and that any information collected by the government will be subject to reasonable protection from gaining access to it generally.
Since municipal governments are, in effect, creatures of this government, it seems totally reasonable that we would have an approach that's then being subject to exactly the same rules. I find it really hard to understand how we can't insist that if this level of government is held to a standard, that a government that is created by the laws of this government can't be held to that same standard. I'm not saying that municipal governments aren't doing that now. I think many municipal governments are. Ms. Laycock mentioned the City of Yellowknife. I think there is a conscious effort among many municipal governments to try and be open and accountable to their citizens. But I think if it's necessary for us to have laws to make sure that we and our officials respect certain rules about access to information and privacy, that I think we have to make sure that those apply all the way down the line.
So Ms. Laycock said that we could do that. I had specifically asked is the department working in preparing legislation to ensure that early in the 15th Assembly this could be considered. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.