Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We have not tried to work out all the details in relation to those three broad structural recommendations, because we believe that the assembly and the GNWT will need to consider a number of factors in putting these in place. Therefore, some flexibility will be required. However, to provide some guidance, we have made recommendations on matters that should be included in the mandates for the rules committee and for the GNWT ministry or department with responsibility for self-government implementation.

These recommendations are self-explanatory, and we begin with the matters that should be included in the mandate of the Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures.

We believe ongoing study is required on the emerging law-making powers of all governments. As our report states, concurrency of powers is the model being followed in most negotiations. As legislators, the assembly will increasingly need to be aware of other law-making authorities and implications which concurrent law-making powers will have on its own procedures and processes. For this reason, we believe further work will need to be done to identify, in a systematic way, the legislative issues flowing from self-government.