Louis Sebert

Mr. Chair, perhaps Ms. Haener could assist in the response. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Chair, we are always looking at the possibility of raising additional revenue. In fact, in the category or the line item, court fees and fines, you can see that is up slightly. In the land title and legal registries fees, there’s a considerable increase. That’s driven by increasing the cost of prospectuses which are filed across the country and also in our jurisdiction. We are always looking at ways to increase revenue. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Chair, perhaps I could have Ms. Haener expand on my responses. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes, Mr. Chair, it is mostly related to the subscriptions, which are incredibly expensive, and probably have gone up in price over the years. In fact, I’m sure they’ve gone up in price over the years.

Mr. Chair, I understand that they would be covered under the workers’ compensation legislation as all workers are and I also understand that there’s a bit of an overlap of coverage with the Corrections Act.

Mr. Chair, although the building is fairly old it’s in excellent condition. I had the opportunity of doing a tour of the facility a couple of months ago. Obviously, there will be a continuing need to have that facility. We’re not envisioning any change; there will always be a need for some facility such as that for youth. That facility seems to be in excellent shape and we’re not contemplating any major changes. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Chair, the Law Society of the Northwest Territories and the NWT Law Foundation over the years have contributed towards the financial contribution of the operation of the library. The total amount contributed, however, has fallen. In 2007-08 it was around $120,000 and it’s fallen currently to about $50,000. It would appear that the contributions have fallen even while our costs have risen. As a percentage of the costs, and I don’t have the figures in front of me, obviously the contributions have fallen to be about 11 per cent from probably a much higher percentage in 2007-08. Although there...

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. To my left is Kim Schofield, director of finance, and to my right, Sylvia Haener, deputy minister of Justice.

Mr. Chair, we are hoping that the appraisal of the program, the evaluation of the program, will be completed by the mid-fall, perhaps October, November. If there are issues, we certainly are not going to abandon the field, as it were. We are committed to having this program or this type of program in force. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes, Mr. Chair. Perhaps Ms. Schofield can assist.