Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to just highlight those Pages that are in here doing a fabulous job. More specifically, those two students from Jean Wetrade Gameti School: Ms. Brenda Wedawin and Falicia McGee. I’d like to thank them for their hard work here.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I would like to provide an update to the Legislative Assembly on Not Us!, the Government of the Northwest Territories anti-drug campaign.

Not Us! is a part of the Healthy Choices Framework, a Government of the Northwest Territories-wide approach that encourages and supports Northwest Territories residents to make healthy and safe choices. It is consistent with the 16th Assembly’s goal of fostering healthy, educated people and part of the Government of the Northwest Territories Building Our Future Strategic Initiative. Healthy Choices activities concentrate on positive...

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following document entitled NWT Community Justice Review: Together We’re Better “Looking Ahead.”

That information would be with the college. I need to gather that information from either the college president or the board chair. With the information that we have through the Inuvik area, it’s all preliminary at this point. As I stated, we are looking for third-party funding and a federal contribution as well. If all goes well, we’re hoping to have those students taking the course in due time.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I don’t have the specific information in front of me, but I do know that this particular program is in the works in Inuvik. When I was there for the Beaufort-Delta Aboriginal Achievement Initiative meeting, I did tour the campus, as well. They have all the supplies already set up. They’re just looking for third-party funding, as well.

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Mahsi. This particular area is always of interest for us, because we have to fill that capacity at the community level and at the regional level. We do enforce and also have a thorough discussion with the education boards to have their targets, specific numbers of students that should be hired on an annual basis, as we do within our GNWT department. So we’ll continue to stress that on an annual basis when it comes to December-January period. Mahsi.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Within the Justice department we’ve been working closely with the Department of Human Resources since December to identify those students. We try to keep track of the students that have potential to be lawyers, or in that capacity. So of the students that we have, there are approximately eight students and some of them have started. I don’t have the specific dates of when they started, but we want to get those students on board, all of them, as soon as possible, if they’re not on board already. Mahsi.

Mahsi. The information that I do have is eight students will be working within the Department of Justice. I don’t have the breakdown of where they’re going to be working, but I can provide that information to the Members. Mahsi.

Mahsi. Our goal has always been to either meet or go beyond that maximum target that we have, with the resources that we have currently. Mahsi.