David Ramsay

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Minister.

Financial matters, clause 15.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I guess the deficit that I last heard was that we needed 26 new RCMP officers in the territory. This funding only addresses 10 of them. I know drugs are a huge issue here in the Northwest Territories. What are the Minister and this government going to do to try to secure additional funding so that we can fill the other 16 positions by this time next year? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Mr. McLeod.

Clause 30.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Minister.

Page 11, clause 13.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wanted to use my Member's statement today to clarify some recent comments I made in regard to the $1.4 million in additional funding for the 10 new RCMP officer positions throughout the Northwest Territories.

According to the Government of Northwest Territories and the Department of Justice, two new traffic positions are headed to Hay River and one to Yellowknife. I didn’t want to downplay the importance of traffic positions or where they were to be located but, according to the RCMP in Hay River, there are no new traffic positions coming to Hay River. If the...

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. There wasn’t a question. I’ll go to Mrs. Groenewegen.

Page 20, clause 28.