Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do concur with the Minister that it’s something that we have to learn, but the behaviour has to be changed and we have to enforce that. It is our job as a government. I am pleased to see that the Minister has indicated that he will be bringing this forward for a review.

Could the Minister also offer this House his plan to address the low number of these convictions under this distracted driving legislation and provide a meaningful strategy to reduce improper road user behaviour?

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. We’ll take that document. Thank you very much. Sergeant-at-Arms, if you could please escort the witnesses out of the Chamber.

We are moving on to section 7. More importantly, turn your attention to page 7-2 on Justice. Before we do that, I’ll ask the Minister of Justice if he has any witnesses that he’d like to bring into the Chamber.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Beaulieu.

I think everyone in this room and I think people listening would probably indicate that that is a fairly low number of convictions in distracted driving in the NWT. What is the Minister and the department doing to reinforce this law?

Does committee agree that consideration of the Department of Health and Social Services is completed?

Ms. DeLancey.

As I said, in itself, this is not the issue and it is the price we pay for technology of sort, but then again, when does this or should this fixation trump the safety of our society. Unpopular as this may sound, maybe the concept of lose the phone is just that if you are distracted while using a phone and you get caught, you lose it; something for us to think about, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

Turn to pages 6-7 and 6-8, Health and Social Services, activity summary, community wellness and social services, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $5.2 million.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Beaulieu.