Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Minister Ramsay. Activity summary, corporate management, operations expenditure summary, $8.451 million. Agreed?

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Vician. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In no way am I suggesting that the contract we have signed with the RCMP is not a good thing for the Northwest Territories. I believe that they provide a wonderful service and that should continue, but because of the regulations that came about, partially due to some of the unfortunate incidents that took place, one of them in Hay River and another one in Nunavut, the rules around having single-member detachments changed greatly. So we are bound by the rules that regulate the RCMP.

I’m not suggesting that the RCMP be replaced in any way. I’m talking about how we can get...

Thank you, Mr. Vician. Anything further, Mr. Yakeleya?

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Ramsay.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Mr. Vician.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Bromley, I know you feel strongly and passionately about this. I think that you could tell the deputy minister that you don’t agree with him or you don’t have confidence in what he is stating, but I don’t think it’s appropriate to say that what he is saying is baloney, because that is tantamount, in my mind, to being somehow not true. It just seems a little unparliamentary, so I’ll just caution the Member on that and go to Mr. Ramsay, please.

The Minister mentioned an Aboriginal Constable Program for which there was not much interest and that these individuals or candidates would have been able to train at Depot.

My question to the Minister is: Would these Aboriginal constables or these graduates from the Aboriginal Constable Program, would they have been able to offer policing services in communities, stand-alone, without the presence of an RCMP officer? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Minister Ramsay.