Julie Green

Yellowknife Centre

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 16)

Thank you, Minister. Member for Nunakput.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 16)

Thank you, Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes. Minister.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 16)

Thank you, Minister. Member for Nunakput.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 16)

Thank you, Member. Minister.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 16)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, I thank the Justice Minister for her very comprehensive answer. I understand that the assault last May was unusual in its viciousness, but there are assaults fairly often within the North Slave Correctional Centre and in correctional centres generally, so I'm wondering whether the Minister knows or could find out whether there have been additional assaults since the incident last May? Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 16)

Thank you, Minister. Deputy Minister.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 16)

I appreciate the answer from the Minister. I just want to inform the Minister that, in times gone by, we have received reports confidentially as a standing committee, and we've committed to keeping those reports confidential. I am concerned, in the meantime, about the safety of the staff in the North Slave Correctional Centre. The findings from that report into the incident last May suggest that the guard may not have been aware of the protocol he wasn't following, and he put himself into a very unsafe situation. My question for the Minister is: what specific additional measures can...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 16)

Thank you, Minister. Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 16)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you to the Minister for that. The video, which is the information I have to go on, raises a whole bunch of questions. Why didn't the guard on the other side of the door intervene? Why did the guard on this side of the door not have another guard with her? There are many questions that this video raises, which there are no written answers to, in terms of publicly accessible information, or even through ATIP. My question, which I want to repeat again, is about serious incident protocols. I'm sure that the correctional centre has them, and I'm interested to know...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 16)

Thank you, Minister. Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes.