Just a comment to the motion, for clause 7. Just a scenario right now that the Nunavut Implementation Commission probably will now start disseminating information, especially information on the existing GNWT acts and regulations that are in force for the communities to review and prepare for 1999. They can do that right now and they cannot force the government to translate them. They can request information now, they can get these acts and regulations now, but with the 1999 enforcement of this act, they may want to...At least they will know that if that material is not available in Inuktitut, because they will know this act, they may want to have these things translated.
I am a little bit leery about what additional costs we'll have to claim from that because NIC probably will have the responsibility to inform the communities quite intensively as public education, here is what the government's existing laws are that you must abide by. These existing laws that are in force will be transferred or grandfathered when Nunavut comes about in 1999. These will become common law of Nunavut, unless repealed; but then again, that's very difficult.
I have no right not to support this clause, but I am nervous that this might be misused like other clauses might be misused as Mr. Patterson stated, because with this bill we're putting the government or the Legislative Assembly in the vulnerable position for abuse by those who want to, unless there is, as the deputy minister stated, another section protecting that. But it will be a questionable kind of protection that the government will have. Just a comment, Mr. Chairman.