Jackson Lafferty

I’ve just been informed that we do have base funding as well. But certainly, Mr. Chair, we will explore that area. It’s all based on the needs of the communities, so we’ll do what we can as a department to work with the Members and figure out what are the best options, what we’ve been providing for the past few years and how we can improve in that area. Certainly we’ll be open to discussion in that area. Mahsi.

Yes, that is correct. There will be a position there.

Certainly for our Justice Department we can give a breakdown of how these positions are located and where they’re located, the regions versus the headquarters. We will be more than happy to give a breakdown in writing to the Members.

Mr. Chair, to answer the question for the Member, no, that is not part of the plan. Mahsi.

Mahsi, Mr. Chair. I believe that we can certainly provide that information that we have at our disposal.

There won’t be full coverage, but it’s not an everyday occurrence at Corrections. But certainly, that is one area that we did highlight as the Justice Department before we even went to cutting the vacant position. There wasn’t much weekend activity. Mahsi.

Mahsi, Mr. Chair. We can certainly make that available to the Members. Yes, certainly we can do that.

Currently we have none at that corrections facility. Mahsi.

Mahsi, Mr. Chair. This particular program, this special projects funding of $265,000, has been utilized to some degree in the communities — for instance, a skidoo trip to another community. But again, there is offset funding from the feds. The National Crime Prevention Centre has funding of $476,000 set aside for NWT projects. So this funding will certainly go towards these initiatives that are before us.

There is money out there that we’re tackling as the Justice department. Like I said earlier, we’re being innovative and creative, and going outside our Justice department and going after the...

Mr. Speaker, it is this fall. With respect to moving forward on this, I’d like to listen to the aboriginal language groups as well — the board that we’ve established. Apparently there have been some challenges for them to meet. It may not have been that easy because there may not have been the board members available. We will continue, like I said, this fall. August 12 is the scheduled meeting, and we’ll do what we can as Education, Culture and Employment to make that happen.

I’d like to see that happen. I’d like to meet together with the Official Languages Board and also the Aboriginal...