Mr. Chairman, obviously with criminal cases there is a need to respond right now and that's what the Legal Services Board does, is make sure that it provides a lawyer as absolutely quickly as it can. There are incidents where the person going to court will decide they want a different lawyer or isn't available to meet. So it can be a two-way street in terms of how quickly a lawyer is provided, but for the most part criminal law cases are dealt with very quickly.

The backlog and the time lag comes in terms of family law matters. There is a priority caseload and there are criteria. So a case is assessed and depending on the facts in that case, that will determine how high a priority. I think the bottom line is that we could set some benchmarks in terms of guarantees, but we know that we are absolutely strapped to be able to find enough lawyers in the private bar who will take on this kind of work. We have had vacancies in terms of staff lawyers. I am happy to say that we just filled two vacancies and we have people coming online in the next couple of months. That's a very positive sign. Without the resources, I would suggest that some sort of guarantee that we can't live up to wouldn't be that effective. So we are striving to improve, get that wait list down as much as we can, and we think we can make some headway now that we have filled some positions and we have the addition of this Family Law Clinic in Yellowknife. Thank you.