R.J. Simpson

Thank you. So the Department of Justice rarely has any unspent funds. We have a couple large divisions or contracts that generally eat up all of our excess funds. So if I had excess funds to put into certain things, I would do that, but that's generally not the situation here with Justice. Thank you.

Thank you. Yes, the Office of the Rental Officer produces an annual report every year, and there are wait times in there. The last report that I reviewed stated that the time from an application to a conclusion can the timeline can't be shrunk any further because of the timelines that are required for parties to provide documentation and things like that. So unless we reduce the amount of time that people have to respond and thereby perhaps impacting the you know, the administrative fairness, those times won't be reduced. We have seen a significant decline in the amount of time people are...

Monsieur le President, as we enter the month of March, we recognize Rendezvous de la Francophonie. As the Minister responsible for the Official Languages Act, it is encouraging to see such awareness, involvement, and celebration of all of the Northwest Territories' 11 official languages.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Rendezvous de la Francophonie, a celebration by Canada's ten million Frenchspeakers, and all Canadians, in recognition of French language and culture. This year, the theme is Celebrations, with a focus across the country on joy, festivities, gathering, and fun.

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Thank you. Those have been a bit of a struggle to set up. There has not been the uptake that we would have hoped. I know that the one for NSCC I believe came together a little quicker than the other ones. So maybe I'll hand it to the deputy minister to see if she can provide us with an update of where they all are right now. Thank you.

Thank you. So that increase is due to bringing the coroners into the public service. Previously coroners were contracted. And so that increase is due to the cost associated with that. Thank you.

Thank you. And I think I misspoke here. I believe the Sambaa K'e program was extended until 2024. But this money is intended to go back out to communities. I can ask do we have any more information on that? I think I said it all. Thanks.

Thank you. So all of that work we spoke about earlier that would allow people to appear remotely installing videoconferencing systems, that accounts for that those funds. Thank you.

Thank you. And, no, I don't have the information about the number of calls or the number of tips the RCMP are receiving. I'm not sure they would even want to share that with us. But one thing they always do mention, and what I try to impress upon people as well, is that we do need the public to come forward with information. I think that a lot of the times the information that people bring forward is that, you know, there's a drug dealer in that house. Well, everyone knows there's a drug dealer in that house. There needs to be some more information. So it needs to be people who actually have...

Thank you. Yes, funds were found within. And this position would actually not be found in this section because we want a separation between the corrections officers and the investigations and standards office. We don't want them to be, you know, reporting to the same people. We want there to be separation. So we can discuss that further as well once we get to that section. Thanks.

Thank you. So, yes, that is not something I can comment on. That is not something in the purview of the rental office. If someone owes money to Housing NWT and they go through the courts to get their wages garnished, that does not involve the rental office so I can't answer these questions. It would be better posed to the Minister of housing. Thank you.