Thanks, Mr. Chair. I served on Yellowknife City Council in 1997 to 2006, and certainly, when I was on city council, the position of the Northwest Territories Association of Communities was that access to information legislation should be applied to them.

I think what I heard during the public consultations was that municipalities are okay with that. They just want to make sure that they have the right kinds of support in place to allow that to happen. The idea here of having a working group, some sort of a collaborative process of developing a plan for rolling this out, is a great idea, and it will involve Municipal and Community Affairs, Department of Justice, municipalities themselves, probably through the NWTAC, to make sure that they have the right resources to do this, the right kind of support in terms of training, and perhaps even through the School of Community Government.

We want to make sure that our communities have the right support to do this, and they get it right from the beginning. That may mean a phased approach through, with a tax-based community starting, or records of a certain date would be brought in, and older records through time, or whatever. I think there are a bunch of different options. The idea is to get this group working at this and develop a plan for rolling this out. I'm very happy to support this motion. Thanks, Mr. Chair.