Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to say that I'm going to support the motion that's before us today. I appreciate the work that the Member for Great Slave, Mr. Braden, has put into this piece of work. It's a huge undertaking that this motion sets in motion. I know Mr. Braden has been a Member of this Legislative Assembly for quite a bit longer than I have and he's had an opportunity to work with injured workers more than I have; but in my year-and-a-bit that I have been a Member of the Legislative Assembly, I have dealt with a couple of constituents that were injured workers. It's not a normal practice when you are dealing with an injured worker. A normal constituent comes in and you can talk to one of the Cabinet Ministers and try to identify areas where you might be able to actually lend them a hand or help them along their path. With WCB claimants it's almost impossible as a Regular Member to help these individuals out. I know on the two occasions that I've had to try, you make some phone calls, you talk to the worker's advisor and that's about it. The Minister doesn't want to talk to you and nobody really wants to talk to you. Somewhere the injured worker is still left to suffer along and try to find a resolution to the difficulties that they are encountering.

One of the other things I wanted to mention is that as a former business owner, employers are always concerned about the cost of doing business, especially here in the Northwest Territories where everything else is very expensive. In some cases, I think employers have been hit with substantial increases to their rates over the past two or three years specifically. In some cases, probably 50 or 60 percent increases and for smaller businesses, Mr. Speaker, that causes them, obviously, some pain. This is going to certainly be felt by the Workers' Compensation Board. It's a big undertaking to have the Auditor General come in, but I look at it as being a healthy exercise. Maybe we can learn from it. I see it being a positive exercise, Mr. Speaker, and I'm glad that Mr. Braden has put the work into this and I'm happy to support that today. I think it is a worthwhile exercise and I'd hate to think that there are injured workers out there that we're not helping and we have to do what we can to help them. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.