I appreciate the role of a child advocate. I did have opportunities to meet with child advocates in other jurisdictions and learn about the importance of them. I am not saying the Northwest Territories will never have a child advocate, nor should we never have a child advocate. The bottom line is, for the remainder of this term, we are already looking at our last O and M budget before us. It would take legislative drafting. Given the legislative agenda that is in front of us, it probably is not something we are going to be able to accomplish.

However, that doesn't mean we can't start looking at it. If this is something that committee would like us to put some attention on, at least do some research around the concept, what it would take, we are happy to look at those things. I don't believe we are going to be in a position to write legislation, pass legislation, or get it funded within the life of this government. We are certainly open to input from committee. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.