Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, let’s just say that the department’s projections are incorrect with respect to additional uptake and demand for justice services as a result of social impacts of development. Let’s just say that there’s a lot more people in the Northwest Territories and there’s a lot more crime associated with those people being here, and we, as a government, have to respond to that crime. We can’t just say oh, well, it’s not in our budget, therefore, we’re not going to deal with it. What would happen, Mr. Chairman, if the government needed money, I don’t know what they...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. It is hard not to pick up on whatever the last person was talking about. I have been trying to kind of work my way methodically through my issues, and I have a lot of issues. But it is hard not to pick up where another Member has left off. For example, Mr. Braden has raised some very good points. When the Minister says that the unused capacity at North Slave could not, in the foreseeable future, actually be utilized, and yet the six beds in remand in Hay River are historically over the past year, if there are six beds. I think it is actually 5.9, but far be it for...

Agreed. Thank you. Page 6-9, activity summary, community justice and corrections, infrastructure investment summary, total net book value and work in progress, $55.079 million.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. General comments. Are there any general comments on the Department of Justice?

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Does the committee agree that we should ask the Minister if he would like to bring witnesses into the House?

Thank you, Mr. Pokiak. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. I will now ask the Standing Committee on Social Programs for their comments on the review of the Department of Justice main estimates. I will start that with Mr. Yakeleya.

I call Committee of the Whole back to order. Mr. Braden.

Is the committee agreed?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, would like to offer my condolences this morning; I think especially to the mothers of these young men. I have two sons myself that are probably about the same age as a couple of these young RCMP officers who died. We do what we can to protect our children, but these are very honourable callings to take up the job to protect the public and the public safety, and I certainly do send out condolences to the families and especially the mothers of these young men today.

Mr. Speaker, today I would like to talk about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, specifically as it...