Mr. Speaker, last year I had e-mail from a constituent of mine whose daughter was subject to tasering at one of our facilities in Inuvik. I had spoken to the Minister of Justice, and he assured me they were looking into it.
I would like to ask the Minister of Justice if his department has conducted their internal review of the tasering incident in Inuvik.
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the Member’s question on this specific area.
I did manage to talk to my department to try to get more information on what really took place in Inuvik. I did get some feedback on the incident that had taken place. The Member was asking how many were used during 2006-2007. I’m willing to share…. We did have 12 incidents in the community of Inuvik during September 2006 to November 2007 — fifteen months.
I thank the Minister for his response.
I’d like to ask the Minister if the RCMP have conducted an internal review as to the tasering incident in Inuvik and if that report was made available to the Justice department.
Mr. Speaker, I’m sure the department may have that information, which I don’t have in front of me today. I can certainly get that information, and I’m willing to share with the Member.
Again, I appreciate the Minister’s response to that, and I’d like to ask him if he gets the department review and the RCMP review, would he commit to sharing these reports with the mother of the girl that was tasered? She is the one that raised the incident, and she was quite concerned. We’ve been communicating for about a year now. Will he commit to sharing their findings with the mother of the girl?
Mr. Speaker, it is important to share information and have fair communication. I’m willing to share that with the Member and also the parent, if we can set up a meeting with our department and allow the Member to sit down with the parent. I feel similar incidents need to be addressed — why this took place and whatnot, and therefore this information can be shared from the department. Mahsi.
Final supplementary, Mr. McLeod.
I’d also like to ask the Minister if he would report back to me on any actions that may have been taken against the folks who did the actual tasering.
Mr. Speaker, our department is working carefully with the “G” Division, the RCMP headquarters, trying to get as much information out as we possibly can with all these incidents. Once that is shared with our department, I will be more than willing to share with the Member. Mahsi.
