Mr. Speaker, when I met with the federal minister and the provincial ministers last fall in Winnipeg, one of the discussions was potential changes to the Youth Criminal Justice Act. They are seeking our input, from all jurisdictions, and I do believe that review of the input will be starting this summer, late fall. It could change. There are a lot of concerns in that area, so we’ll certainly provide our input to deal with those issues.

Mr. Speaker, if the report comes out stating that the building still could be utilized for a number of years, then we can certainly utilize the building, whether it be for program delivery.... We are looking at options for that particular building, and we are going through some stages here. What we propose here is part of the Arctic Tern plans, but there are other options that may be fully utilized in that facility.

Mr. Speaker, there is a review that’s been undertaken, and that review should be completed sometime early next month, I do believe. Once we have that package, then we can certainly discuss it with the Member.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the Member for inviting me to tour the facility. At this time we do have our department staff and our Aurora College staff, and possibly the chairpersons, visiting the facility. I want them to see what kind of facility there is there. So from there, we can talk about the process.

Certainly, the Member wants to push this forward, but we need to sit down and develop plans. We need to work with the industries as well. It has to be based on the needs of the Northwest Territories.

Mr. Speaker, the area of special constables in community policing has been addressed by my department. I met with the commissioner of the RCMP just last month. We just had an initial discussion of trying to find out where the status was with aboriginal policing in the communities. I was told, at that time, that news will be coming this summer — late summer or early fall — and that there will be an announcement from the federal government.

Currently they are looking at options of reintroducing community policing, whether it be the special constables…. They’re still working out the logistics on...

Mahsi, Mr. Chair. I have with me here Mr. Gary MacDougall, director of legal registries, and Mr. Mark Aitken, director of legislation division. Mahsi.

Mr. Speaker, I’d like to thank the Member for asking that. It’s one of the important questions that I addressed today in my Minister’s statement.

We are focusing on the small communities that don’t have RCMP detachments, and Sachs Harbour is one of them that we have identified. There will be two more that are coming up: Gametì and Wrigley. We will continue to stress this with our federal government, to push them even further to establish more of a presence in the communities.

For the remaining communities without detachments, I’ll certainly make a commitment in this House to continue working...

Mahsi, Mr. Chair. I'm pleased to appear before the committee today to review Bill 7, a new Securities Act.

The present Securities Act is outdated and inadequate to address the many changes that have occurred — particularly in recent years — in the capital markets and the regulation of those markets in Canada since it was enacted.

The lack of harmonized legislation has been identified as a significant weakness in the current regulation of securities trading in Canada.

Cross-border trading in securities is now the rule rather than the exception. Securities legislation that is not uniform or...

Yes, I will.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following document entitled Strategy for Teacher Education in the Northwest Territories, 2007–2015.

Document 47-16(2), Strategy for Teacher Education in the Northwest Territories, 2007–2015, tabled.