Mr. Speaker, my question is directed to the Minister of Justice in regard to my Member’s statement in regard to the NWT Exemptions Act. In relation to this legislation, like I said in my statement, was that it was basically enacted in 1948 and it’s still pretty well in the books on what was stated, which talks about items that basically, when you talk about livestock, you talk about bees, you talk about fowl, waterfowl I suppose. I don’t know what that’s all about, but again it’s so outdated it doesn’t really meet the reality of the Northwest Territories today.

One of the first things that was done in Nunavut, once they became a Nunavut Territory, is they made amendments to that legislation. I’d like to ask the Minister of Justice exactly what the government is doing to speed up or make amendments to the NWT Exemptions Act so that the people that do file for bankruptcy realize they are going to be going

through a tough time, but also ensuring that we have bankruptcy legislation that’s similar in other jurisdictions and other territories across Canada so that they can also get a fair break realizing that they are going to be going through some tough times. I’d like to ask the Minister of Justice, where are we in this legislation? How soon are we going to bring it into the House?