Bill Braden

Mr. Speaker, I, too, want to share my sadness and shock at the tragic events that occurred in the tiny community of Mayerthorpe, Alberta. I express

heartfelt sadness at the loss to the families and to the force of the RCMP and to all peacekeepers across Canada. Watching and listening to this horrible story yesterday, brought to mind events that happened in this community, Mr. Speaker. It seems a long, long time ago now. But the events of the Giant Mine tragedy were so much like what Mayerthorpe is experiencing today. It is something that goes right to the heart and the soul of a community.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the discussion on this area. Mr. Chairman, a couple aspects of it that I might go to; the news, that compared to any other jurisdiction, we are busier on this front than most parts of Canada is impressive. I would like to see if the department could supply at some time or make public or make more public, any kind of report or assessment or snapshot on the level, the amount and the nature of these committees.

Just to give one example, perhaps in a given community, it doesn’t matter which one, what percentage of applicable offences would be referred to a...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Committee has difficulty accepting the department’s rationale and anticipated cost-savings associated with the closure of the remand unit at the South Mackenzie Correctional Centre.

Members could not reconcile how the shifting of the responsibility for remand prisoners to the RCMP cells in Hay River would result in any significant cost-savings. The RCMP will have to expend resources to guard and transport remand prisoners. Just because this expense will be hidden within the larger overall contribution made to the RCMP to provide law enforcement services to the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Could the Minister provide some information about when he anticipates this public and stakeholder consultation will proceed and when we may see some finalization? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am pleased to hear about the public and stakeholder response. I think one of the things that is reasonably standard and conventional with this kind of thing is a peer review at the scientific and the professional level. Will this plan be subjected to that kind of scrutiny? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So in connection with this particular issue then, is the Minister prepared to look at the Condominium Act in its entirety to see if it is, indeed, up to standards and a modern piece of legislation? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I won’t disappoint the Minister of Justice this morning, I do have a question for him, but it is in the area of consumer protection legislation, which comes under this department, Mr. Speaker. As our housing market across the Northwest Territories matures and diversifies, many more people are going into condominium kind of situations and there is a Condominium Act in the Northwest Territories, Mr. Speaker. One particularly important part of this process is the issue of whether a condominium corporation is required to have a capital reserve fund to help pay for...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Yesterday we had quite a good debate on a number of aspects of justice and the administration of justice in the Territories. Our motion, Madam Chair, had a focus and a purpose on it in that it sought to encourage the government to do more to enable communities to be more involved and to take greater responsibility in the administration and in the sentencing, the accountability on the part of the offender and hopefully the restoration of that person back into the good books of the community, if you will.

The aspect of this that has intrigued me for some time, Madam...

Thank you, Madam Chair. With your indulgence and committee’s, I would like to recognize two people in the gallery who have joined us this afternoon. They are constituents of mine in Great Slave. Fifty years ago tomorrow, Madam Chair, Tom and Muriel Eagle got married. They are planning a celebration or one is being planned for them for tomorrow. I am very pleased to welcome them to the Assembly and appreciate this opportunity to recognize them and wish them many, many more years. Thank you, Madam Chair.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister has pretty much outlined the area that I had in my questioning; that is, technical professionals in wildlife management from other jurisdictions. I can certainly confirm that that is where I would like this to go. Mr. Speaker, a particular stakeholder concern has been with those commercial stakeholders, including outfitters, who are potentially put into a very tenuous position with some of these recommendations, one of which has seen them put out of business if herds get to a dangerously low level. Mr. Speaker, would implementation of this plan include...