Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Yes, I have had numerous conversations. I will say that the Minister was very open to having conversations throughout the life of her tenure as health Minister with both myself and the MLA for Inuvik Twin Lakes. It has been reiterated to both of us that this is an ambitious timeline, especially given the legislative backlog and the legislative agenda of the Department of Health and Social Services. That said, I do believe that this work is very important work. And some of the things that we've seen in other departments within the -- or sorry, within the Government of the Northwest Territories is where they've actually contracted out some of their legislative work.

In previous correspondence I've with the Department of Justice on previous contracts, of course all contracts are different, but, you know, sometimes this -- this is roughly a $50,000 contract that is tenured, and they're able to get their product at the end of the day. And when I look at, you know, potentially waiting much longer than the timelines outlined in this bill, I have to weigh the -- at the end of the day, the cost, and my concern for the access to oral health care for residents outweighs my willingness to push the deadline back any farther. Thank you.