Thank you, Madam Chair. I would expect, at the conclusion of this fiscal year, April 1st or March 31st, we'll be initiating the evaluation of the 911 program. Part of the evaluation will look at the system itself and whether or not it's credited as a fully accredited 911 system based on service standards and those kinds of things. It's also going to delve into our governance and funding morals around the program, in terms of issues that have been raised, for example, whether or not we have the same number or the appropriate number of staff to deliver the service. I would expect it's also going to look at revenues and the concept of the break-even model, which was presented when the system was originally approved.
The other point I would make, in addition to those raised by the deputy with reference to revenues, is: at the time of the budgeting for the 911 program, we ultimately as a government had to project the number of phones that existed in the Northwest Territories, which is what the call levy is; it's tied to the number of phones. That information typically is proprietary information that is owned by the telcos, so they didn't provide that information to us when we were budgeting for this program and designing it. Now that we have the benefit of that information, because the telcos are bound by the legislation, we do now have an accurate number of the number of telephones that are within the system, so that's a factor that contributes to how much money we can raise. The call levy times the number of phones will generate the amount of revenue. It's that kind of information that we have now that will help to inform that discussion about whether or not $1.70 is an appropriate number or not.
Ultimately, at the end of the day, that's contained in the legislation. It does have a sunset clause, I believe, in the legislation, as the Minister pointed out, but any discussion about the levy going forward would be informed by the evaluation and by those kinds of factors. I would suspect it would come to the floor of the House for discussion. Thank you, Madam Chair.