Thank you, Madam Chair. There are a number of things happening in this area. We have a – I’m going to pronounce it poorly and I apologize for that – it’s Wekeahkaa: A New Day, which is a healing program which we have available and we’re just rolling this out as a pilot right now. We’ve done some contracting on there. It’s for men who have used violence in domestic relationships or other relationships. That’s rolling out right away. We continue to have – I’ve just blanked. I apologize. We have the Wekeahkaa.

None that I am aware of. They’ve had challenges. They’ve all experienced some degree of growing pains as they’re making these things become a reality and we’re trying to learn what some of those challenges were for them so that we don’t have to live through the same types of pains should we choose to accept the model. I will point out that I would say there’s no two models that are the same out there and we, as a territory, I think we say it over and over again, we’re unique in many ways. So we want to make sure that the model that is applied here works for here. So we want to learn from the...

That reduction is a result of a decrease in funding provided by the federal government in that particular program area.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The feasibility study is scheduled to be completed by March 31st. I’ve had discussions about the early draft that’s out there that’s within the department being worked on by the committee, which includes Health and Social Services, Justice and Education, Culture and Employment are also participating. I’m really close to taking that to Cabinet. Once it’s gone through Cabinet we’ll be bringing it to committee for discussion and about how we move forward, and the exact things the Member is talking about is the discussion we’re going to have to have once we’ve got all the...

I do, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. In the Sahtu, from 2011 to 2012 there was a noticeable increase in activity in the Sahtu. I don’t have the statistics in saying how many of them were alcohol related, but it’s interesting that the increase comes at a time of two things happening in the Sahtu. One, the increased activity, which can be significant, and the other being the changes in the rules around the Norman Wells liquor store. Those two things both happened roughly at the same time, so it’s hard to truly quantify what the increased rate in crime is. We feel that much of it is probably related to the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Further to my Return to Written Question 7-17(4), I wish to table the following document, entitled GNWT Positions to Population Ratio as at December 31, 2012.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Currently there is, I believe it was back in 2009ish, an extra position was actually created in Fort McPherson to cover Tsiigehtchic. That position is intended to go into Tsiigehtchic on a regular basis. I understand that we had a community policing plan in place with that community and it hasn’t worked out exactly as the community and the RCMP have planned. I have talked to the commanding officer. The commanding officer is going to Tsiigehtchic on April 9th to meet with the community leadership to discuss the community policing plan that was in place and try to find...

Madam Chair, the department has followed up on the program. There are some challenges. Just as a note, it is very similar to the Aboriginal Community Constable Program. There are some differences here in the Northwest Territories. We don’t have a policing act, so having stand-alone police-type professionals in a community that weren’t under the employment or under the designation of the RCMP would be complicated because of the lack of a policing act. The program had some positive aspects, but there would also be some challenges given our radically different models of policing in Canada...

We work with them to set our yearly priorities and we meet with them on a regular basis to discuss things as they come forward at us. It’s more expensive but it is a 20-year agreement, and it also includes a 20-year capital allocation as well, which is spread out over the period of time rather than having one billed at one time and having a giant cheque one year and prices, it’s spread over a 20-year plan. It is more expensive. We know that. We have a relationship where we could provide more direction as far as priorities. We don’t tell them how to police. They police based on their standards...