Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for the very sage comments you made here today on many of these issues.
The problem with this bill is that some of the things that are quite obvious to do away with are supported generally, and I think they're not all that important in that they're not used that much as well, so there are parts of legislation that are antiquated and not likely to be used.
Having read this Canadian Bar Association presentation, it's clear to me that they're not supporting the work on wills and testaments in this bill, and that I think is one of the major elements of this bill. Do we strip this out of the bill, to get rid of some antiquated parts of legislation that aren't really used? Do we go ahead with something that's not going to work quite right in order to change some things that might work okay? What do we do here?
I appreciate the idea of taking the minister out of approving bylaws. I come from the Northwest Territories, where we're desperately trying to get the federal government out of our face completely, so I appreciate the struggles of reserves in having to get bylaws approved through the minister now.
If we don't want to move ahead with wills and testaments because they may upset the apple cart in a greater way with this bill not providing replacement, yet other elements may have some merit in them, how would you suggest this be accomplished?