Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, first of all I guess I should point out that all our members that are on the Public Utilities Board, we have five members, all initially were appointed when they were all members of the Northwest Territories, they were all residents of the Northwest Territories. We have now, I believe, two members that no longer reside in the Northwest Territories, but we have the other three people who are from the Northwest Territories. Two recent appointments; one from the Mackenzie Delta and, more recently, one from Fort Smith. Mr. Speaker, I don't believe there is a residency required for appointment to the Public Utilities Board; however, we certainly want our members on the board to be residents from the Northwest Territories. In the case where we have now two members who reside out of the Territories, we decided that it would warrant their stay on the board because of their experience. They spent a lot of time on this board. One member was appointed in 1989 when he was a resident of Inuvik and so is the other member who no longer lives in the Northwest Territories. Both were members from Inuvik. They have a wealth of experience. We needed the people to stay on to ensure that we have a smooth transition because we have three new members as of late. So we wanted them to work together and have a smooth transition. Over the next while, the current chairperson has indicated to me that he would like to step down and look at retirement. We are looking at a time frame to accommodate that and to groom somebody up to the position where we can look at someone filling that position.
I would also like to point out that five of these positions that are there are all part-time positions. I will leave it at that, Mr. Chairman.
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