Julie Green

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a question about court registries. There is a reference on page 268 under the revenue summary that, "Land title and legal registry fees will increase by $500,000 in the next fiscal year." I am wondering if the Minister can give us some detail on how that is going to be accomplished. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. In her response to the Aurora College foundational review, the Minister said that the transformation of the college will begin with the creation of an NWT-wide vision of post-secondary education. My question is: isn't the first thing to resolve the issue of where the headquarters and the main campus are going to be located? Masi.

I thank you, Mr. Chair. The Domestic Violence Treatment Option court is not the Drug Treatment Court Funding Program, unless there is a mistake in the main estimates. This shows a revenue of $100,000, starting in the next fiscal year. I am looking for an explanation of what this is.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, having seen the current facility, I don't have any questions about why it was necessary to replace it. Given the overall trend of declining incarceration, I do wonder why the new facility was sized to house at least 23 women. Why was that decision made? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, last month the City of Yellowknife released its university feasibility and benefits study. The purpose of the study was different than the Aurora College foundational review. It had a more general focus that looked at which post-secondary model would be most feasible for the territory and what benefits it could provide for the city.

The city study endorses the polytechnic university as a better choice for the NWT than a college. Some of the advantages are greater academic and governance independence, access to a wider pool of teaching talent, the ability to...

Mr. Chair, I have questions on the revenue summary on page 268. Is this the appropriate time to ask?

Thank you. Is no increase in staffing required because there will only be 10 in the new facility? Is that the premise for not increasing the staffing? Thank you.

Thank you. The detail I am looking for is how that encouragement is going to take place or how becoming "more active," what's that going to look like. That is the detail that I am looking for. How are we going to operationalize this idea? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I don't understand how a facility that is so much larger, with so many more beds or rooms, can be operated by exactly the same number of staff. Could the Minister please explain that? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, can the Minister make a commitment to direct the board of the Victims Assistance Fund to spend down the surplus by a given amount in a given time so that more people who are victims are able to benefit from this fund? Thank you.