Mr. Chair, we've had a good debate over the need for a comprehensive review. What this proposes is that rather than trouble the minister, which seems to be one of the issues on the government side, that the minister may be too tied up to do this, this would be undertaken by a committee of the Senate, of the House of Commons, or of both houses of Parliament, as designated or established for that purpose.
What we have here is the requirement on the part of parliamentarians to take a look at this. No government side is involved. It's simply that the people who represent the people here would have an opportunity after five years to ensure that what they have passed here is worthy of continuing in the fashion that it is, or they would put forward a report, including a statement of any changes the committee might recommend.
This is not even as strong as the previous review, but it is a review. I would hope that this would not be something that would be undertaken by the bureaucracy, but by the House. It is our duty as parliamentarians to ensure that the work we're doing is correct.
Once again, I reference the fact that this is legislation that really should be in the hands of the legislative assemblies of the territories. Since it isn't, there's an added responsibility on the part of government to deal with it. Since we have this extra responsibility to the people of the north that the government has so far put forward, and as indicated in its policy documents it wants to change, I think today would be a good time to start changing that attitude toward the north. Agreeing to this amendment would be one small step. I trust that the government would consider this.