Thanks, Madam Chair. This was a major point of discussion and debate in the last Assembly. I think it's fair to say that Cabinet had to be convinced that this was something to move it forward, the Ombud legislation. And we had to pick a date. The Regular MLAs tried to push this back to April 1st, 1999. Cabinet wouldn't accept it. And so there was a stalemate of these -- I guess some Regular MLAs did side with Cabinet. I'm not going to go into those details. But this has become an issue. The Ombud has identified this as an issue in some of the investigations she has carried out, that she would like to have the ability to look at the entire record relating to a complaint. So that's why she suggested that her ability to look at records needs to go back in time.

And this recommendation would actually allow her to even go back beyond April 1st, 1999, if it's a longer termed dispute. Look. We want the Ombud to make, I think, the best possible recommendations for improving public service and fairness. So giving her the ability to look back in time is something I think that's essential. She's already identified this as a problem. I think we just need to fix this. So I support this. Thanks, Madam Chair.