Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, as I stated earlier, the affirmative action committee as in the policy hasn't been used for 14 years. At this point, we have just bounced and brought issues to the table with the deputy ministers across the board to get buy-in at that point.

I guess the idea of having an outside group then tell a government or department, no, you need to do it this way, would be much like if we, as the Government of the Northwest Territories, tried to step into the band council situation and say, no, you need to do it this way. Buy-in is going to be ultimate in a sense of getting things done. What I would propose to do is, when we sit down to have our discussion about where things should flow or go, I think that would be the time we can have our discussions on the pros and cons of doing this and how we can best make sure our policies are fully implemented. Ultimately, it comes down to this forum here where we have Members of the House holding government accountable for a lack of implementation or for not following the rules. I think that this is the sounding board we use in what Members say is happening in their communities and constituencies, and if the policy is being fully implemented. There is recognition that we need to do some work in these areas. As we laid out sort of the broad plan of corporate human resources, was the areas of not just corporate human resources but human resources across the board with the Government of the Northwest Territories was areas like our management side, our training programs, how we are or how we are not having employees move up the ladder, so to speak, and have those that started entry level positions end up being managers and directors at some point. We recognize that and we know we need to do work in that area. I think that is where, hopefully, once we get this portion of this first major backlog dealt with, then we can now go back, re-emphasize work in that area and start bringing back the discussion papers to see if we are, in fact, going down the right path with members. Thank you.