Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There are a number of questions there. The first one on some kind of pan-territorial model, right now one of the realities is that Nunavut is hard pressed to have enough lawyers to deal with their own needs at home, so we haven't been really able to tap into Nunavut to help us meet our needs.

In terms of connections and flights, Alberta is our easiest marriage and that's where we are seeing most of our support come from. NWT lawyers essentially pass the Alberta bar, Yukon deals with British Columbia. So there's a closer connection we have to Alberta in this regard and that's where we have been trying to go to help beef up our provision of legal aid services compared to the Yukon.

I would agree that we have an obligation to ensure that people are able to get service in a timely manner. I think the Member probably knows, but, for the record, I should indicate files are assigned to lawyers for legal aid on the basis of application date, except that there are priorities given to certain clients. In cases where there are child welfare matters, or in cases where there are people who have had to leave their homes because of violence, and others who may be facing an imminent court date, those cases are given priority. I want to assure Members that we recognize that that has to be a priority. We are supportive of that and that's how the Legal Services Board operates.

The issue of attractiveness of legal aid cases to lawyers, there are several factors, we believe, that make some of these cases less attractive, but one of the things that has come up now, despite the fact that we now have the second highest legal aid tariff in the country behind Nunavut, we recognize and have been petitioned by the Legal Services Board to look at increasing that tariff to make it more attractive and to see if we can't get more people from the private bar taking on these cases. That is something that is under consideration and I will report back to the House in future and talk about that. It's on our radar. It's something we are going to talk about dealing with, but it isn't the only matter. Obviously, it takes a certain individual. They have to be dedicated. They have to really want to work in this area of law. You can imagine, as the Member has indicated, it can be a difficult field to work in. We know it's not going to be the only answer to get more people involved, but we are looking at a number of potential solutions and we are dealing with the local bar to talk about how we might be more successful in getting people to take on this kind of caseload. Thank you.