Shane Thompson

Thank you, Mr. Chair. When they say "redesign and renovations," is the school classroom actually going to be renovated, or are they looking at adding an additional space to this facility? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm going on to another topic here because I'm still a little concerned right now. Could he explain about the probation office tenant improvements for the community of Fort Liard?

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I thank the Minister for that. That will be all of my questions. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I thank the Minister and Mr. Goldney for that answer.

The Guthrie model was minimum of four months, that you have to be in the program for four months. Minimum security, how is that going to work? Usually it's less than three months. Can the Minister advise how those individuals are going to be part of it? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and I thank the Minister for that clarification. I would like to thank the department for taking this initiative and seeing if it works. As the Minister is aware, we have talked about a number of options for having a place where we put the bodies. We were talking about arenas and garages and that, so I think this is a very positive step. I thank the department for looking into this.

My next question is: the communication system for the retrofit for the health centre there, could the Minister please elaborate a little further on this? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. If it changes to medium security, what happens to the minimum-security residents? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I greatly appreciate the Minister's answer and informing us as we move forward.

During the process, we talked about the positions, that you have to be in Fort Smith and doing a training in there. Is this the process for doing the training, or has the department come up with a newer way of doing it? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Minister is correct, and it's great that the staff are excited about it, but has he talked to the community of the town of Hay River? Those are the people that are going to see it go from minimum security, to medium, to maximum security inmates in this community now. So has the Minister, as part of the plan that has been worked out, has he talked to the community about this? Because this is a large chunk of money that we're investing in this community, and if there are some concerns and we're not actually doing a Guthrie House model, I'm concerned that we're not...

The Minister has kind of answered a lot of my questions that I had here today, but that is great to hear. I am very happy to see that. That is a positive step, and I have to applaud the department and his staff for reaching out to Fort Nelson. We look forward to it.

The Minister talked about a couple of those -- mammograms and, I forget the other one, lab work, but also, with pregnancy, can the Minister explain or provide information if this opportunity is available as well?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, on October 3, 2018, Rita Betsedea passed away. She was born on September 16, 1962 at old Fort Wrigley, to Baptiste and Alice Betsedea. She was one of 12 children. Growing up, she was daddy's favourite girl. Her favourite times were when her dad came home from trapping with beaver meat full of fat. Family always remembered her little chin just dripping with fat. Her nickname was "Little Doll." She brought a lot of joy to the home. She loved the outdoors and being with her family. At nighttime, she asked her Abba to sit outside. When she was asked why, she...