Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee would like to report its consideration of Bill 61, An Act to Amend the Ombud Act.

Bill 61 received second reading in the Legislative Assembly on November the 2nd, 2022, and was referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations for review. On January the 25th, 2023, the standing committee held a public hearing and a clause-by-clause review of the bill with the sponsor of the bill, the Member for Yellowknife North.

Mr. Speaker, the committee reports that Bill 61, An Act to Amend the Ombud Act, is ready for consideration in Committee of the Whole as amended and reprinted. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.