Julie Green

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I appreciate that response. Can the Minister tell us how the request for proposals for the new service provider will differ from the request for proposals for the previous or the current service provider? What are the major differences that are being contemplated for the next round? Thank you.

Thank you. I want to give an example. So we all know that family violence rates, meaning assault and sexual assault in intimate partnerships, are at high levels. So how would a goal like working more closely on prevention work in this kind of a situation, or is that not a level of detail that these plans go into? Thank you.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Great Slave that, notwithstanding rule 4, when this House adjourns on February 23, 2017, it shall be adjourned until Tuesday, February 28, 2017. Further, that at any time prior to February 28, 2017, if the Speaker is satisfied after consultation with the executive council and Members of the Legislative Assembly that the public interest requires that the House should meet at an earlier time during the adjournment, the Speaker may give notice and thereupon the House shall meet at the time stated in such notice and shall transact...

Thank you very much to the Minister for making that commitment to come back with what percentage of inmates get some kind of programming and what kind of programming they get. I think this is my last question in this section, and that is the financial impact of taking federal inmates. I am assuming that Corrections Canada pays the territorial government for housing federal inmates. What do they pay in this case? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, if the Minister doesn't yet know what the policing priorities are for the next year I'm happy for him to take my question on notice and to get back to me, but the best policing service possible and similar to last year's are not the level of detail I'm looking for. Thank you.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask my new favourite Minister when we can expect him to report back to us about the next steps, such as the introduction of the LP. Thank you.

I think the deputy minister is going to address that gap. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I'm looking at a response from the department to questions asked during the 2017-18 business plan, and I'll read from this. It says:

"The Minister of Justice establishes annual priorities for policing for the NWT. Included in the 2016-17 policing priorities is to promote public trust and confidence in policing services that are culturally inclusive."

So what I'm looking for, Mr. Chair, is an analogous statement that states what the overall priorities are; unless the department doesn't direct priorities any longer, I'm not sure about that. Thank you.

That is good news, that health is the focus of bringing the tax into consideration. Is that the primary purpose that the Minister sees the Northwest Territories sugar tax serving? That is, will it be a revenue-neutral tax where the savings are reinvested in health measures?

Thank you. So, probably the question of can the programming be provided in the North or whether qualified staff can be hired, it is going to be difficult to answer without knowing how many inmates this applies to. Is that correct? Thank you, Mr. Chair.