Mr. Chair, the government is, of course, committed to filling the prior commitments developed in our mandate and is currently reviewing the feasibility of various options for establishing the office of the ombudsman. There are many different examples, and I know that in the last Assembly there was a good deal of time spent on this, and it may have been that there had even been some drafting. The department is developing a work plan which will establish timelines and deliverables relating this aspect of the mandate.

Now, the legislation, to a large extent, will be determined by our discussions in the summer because, as I mentioned, there are many different models. So after we have decided which model we're going to pursue it would seem to me that at that point legislation could be contemplated. I don't think there would be much point in working up legislation at this point as we're not certain which model we're going to pursue. Thank you, Mr. Chair.