Rylund Johnson

Thank you, Madam Chair. I think we're all the eagerly awaiting to see the size of that bill.

There's $809,000 here for increased housing costs for RCMP members. Can I just get an explanation of whether that's money that then goes to the Housing Corp because they built those RCMP units, or is this a different housing cost? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The last minimum wage report was never made public, and I understand the Minister's position and he told the committee that the work they would do would remain confidential. But I understand that we're now looking at reviewing the minimum wage again. And I just don't want to be standing here at that time asking that question once again.

So can the Minister speak to what the process is going forward for the next minimum wage review? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Can the there's a number here, other adjustments including $1.8 million, mainly for collective agreement increases. Can the Minister just provide how much the RCMP's collective agreement increases were specifically?

No further questions. I'll bring it up another time. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I believe right now, according to my count, there's four lawyers in the territory who don't live in Yellowknife and one of them is a Member of this House.

Have we looked into I know we have some positions that work for legal aid in the communities. None of them are lawyers. Have we looked into the feasibility of moving one of the legal aid clinics outside of Yellowknife? I'm a believer that access to justice requires lawyers in places even, you know, just to have someone to talk to in a community. And is that something that the department has reviewed? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I was wondering if we could get a breakdown of how many would be in the Hay River men's facility, Fort Smith men's facility, and North Slave men's facility. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. We're spending 30 about $40 million on corrections here under can I just get an explanation of what the difference between community corrections is and corrections administration and facilities? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Yeah, thank you, Madam Chair. I guess I would just you know, I think these community justice committees are just a long way away from where we would like them to be. I you know, I know many times they've struggled to retain members and retain staff which has made diversion, you know, difficult. Even here in Yellowknife when, you know, there's been times where we've been unable to divert files because the community justice committee just is not operating. And I think this is an area where we really could be a leader. You know, there's sentencing circles happening in other jurisdictions. There...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Are there any advancements or talks about increased RCMP presence in Tsiigehtchic?

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm looking at the community justice committees line on 280. I notice last fiscal's actuals were $1,658,000, and we have the same budget of $2 million. So there's, you know, there's about $500,000 there that's not being spent. Can I just get an explanation why, and is the reason because we just are not always having community justice committees operate in all of the communities? Thank you, Madam Chair.