Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I also speak in support of this motion. The motion really does speak for itself. It's laid out quite well here, and I thank my colleagues for bringing this forward.
Legislation is overdue. Obviously, 25 years old this year, and only one and half pages, very few amendments. The definitions are clearly out of date and there is no protection from liability. We know that our residents are accepting organs and it's extending their lives, cutting our health costs right here in the Northwest Territories.
There is no reason why we shouldn't be participating, and I know that our residents would be signing up. I know one of the issues is apparently we don't have a mechanism for somebody to use their signature to indicate that they can have their organs donated after their death. Simple things like that. I know there are extra challenges in the Northwest Territories related to our many communities that are remote and many situations are remote. People need to be maintained on life support systems and so on, so there are challenges here and it's trying, but Northerners are used to these sorts of conditions.
I know also that we have partners that help out, the Alberta Health ministry and the HOPE Foundation and so on, and they will always be there for us, but I think we have now the maturity and the time to move on this. I express my support. I will be voting in support.