Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That sounds like a great deal of work to get conducted for $50,000. I wish the Minister and his staff the best of luck with that. I am not sure they have other resources to draw upon inside the department, but it sounds like they have some room there because it sounds like a big piece of work, Mr. Chairman. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, $26 million to look at a 911 service territory-wide is a tremendous amount of money, but given the fact that 911 is the North American standard for emergency numbers and it is something that children who live in the Northwest Territories are much more likely to remember when faced with an emergency, why aren’t we looking at establishing this service in Yellowknife, Hay River and Fort Smith to start with and what would that cost? Has the Minister got that information? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Minister is obviously much more aware of what the capacity is inside the department to carry out the work that needs to get done. Judging by his comments, there is more work than there are people or whatever. This $50,000, I know he said it’s to support. Does that mean you are looking at a new PY, somebody coming in to do the job, or what does he mean in terms of support? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In September of 2001, the chief coroner of the Northwest Territories issued a recommendation that the City of Yellowknife, the RCMP, and Municipal and Community Affairs implement the 911 service in Yellowknife and then expand those services to other communities in the Northwest Territories. Mr. Speaker, here we are six years after that recommendation to move forward on 911 service, and still the government is dragging its heels and not moving this much needed emergency response issue forward.

Mr. Speaker, I was a city councillor back in 2001 and remember quite clearly...

No, that’s good, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Perhaps I would look to the Minister of MACA for some more information on this, but judging what Minister Roland had to say, a lot of the work that these individuals would have been doing the past two years is something MACA would do just as a matter of course; community profiles, working with communities, setting up meetings. That’s pretty basic run-of-the-mill type of work, Mr. Chairman. I would like to ask the Minister responsible for MACA how he gauges the performance of two positions like this and how does he defend them coming again for renewal here, $291,000 for...

Thank you, Madam Chair. No, and again, I don’t want the folks that are out there that are working in the area of family violence, I want them to understand we are going through this process today in an effort to make things better for the work that they’re doing out there in the field and it’s oftentimes a very thankless job and I do thank them very much for the job that they provide this territory. So with that, thanks.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I think I wouldn’t mind if the Minister responsible could give us an explanation on why it’s necessary to get this other baseline data when I think if you look in the right places, you can find it. My colleague Mr. Yakeleya said it earlier, we know what’s going on out there; let’s do something about it. Spending money on surveys and studies and reports and paying consultants, I think we’re past that. As one of my other colleagues mentioned, that’s yesterday’s news. So let’s move on with things and put the $75,000 towards something where it can make a real difference...

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I’ve got a number of questions on this as well and it follows up with my colleague Mr. Yakeleya. I guess first of all, the Action Plan on Family Violence was approved by the Assembly I believe 18 months, two years ago, now. It’s been around for a little while. I’m just wondering if these two functions, the survey and the territorial family violence conference, are items that are included in phase two of that action plan. Why is the Department of Executive coming back through supplementary appropriations seeking money to have these two things carried out when...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I, too, will support the motion that is before us today on criminal records checks. Mr. Speaker, it is something I feel very strongly about. I believe the justice system in this country is too lax and it is no fault of young children, who have offenders molest them, that our jails and our justice system fails and lets people out of jail early that will re-offend. They are out there, Mr. Speaker. We have to take every step that we can to ensure that our children are safe in our communities and they are not going to be victims of sexual abuse perpetrated...