Jane Weyallon Armstrong

Thank you. And this water and sewer services funding to provide funding to support community government, so that's 19. How is that being allocated too as well, to the community? Because I would like to get answer for that first please.

Okay, how is this fund being allocated? Is it based on per capita or infrastructure? There's a community government funding.

Thank you. Can the Minister describe what kind of traumainformed support services are available to people under probation? Thank you.

Thank you. Well, some of this is going to be written questions tomorrow.

Okay, so the Hay River correctional centre was to transition to the therapeutic community model in the spring of 2021. This is a very positive step in providing rehab programming. Can the Minister explain how the results of this program will be evaluated and what are their plans to expand this to other correctional facilities?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm doing my Member's statement on young men in the justice systems.

Mr. Speaker, I am concerned about Indigenous young men and adults within our correctional facilities and in the justice system. Mr. Speaker, we know people are not born convicted criminals. They become this way. Before colonizations, Indigenous people organized themselves equally. Everyone shared. People took care of one another. No one was viewed better than others. This is what I am concerned about for behind bars. How are they being taken care of?

Mr. Speaker, Indigenous people have been experiencing...

Thank you. Well, I will follow up with that and check because I know there is a regional superintendent position that's in the community. So, but I there's nothing for the sports and recreation, and I know that we work with Yellowknife on that. So I'll follow up. I'll check. I'll talk to the deputy minister after. Thank you.

Like, regional superintendent? I know there's three positions in Tlicho region. What I'm talking about is the sports and recreation position is very important for many of the regions. Just like my colleague here, they you know, they talked about it, the importance to especially for youth, and we need to keep our youth active and busy, you know, to so that they don't, you know, get into trouble or, you know, in the communities. So I think those positions, I believe that we should have more positions in the communities, in the regions, especially from this seven. I don't know what they do...

I see there's seven positions here that's for sports and recreations, active positions, and they're all located in headquarters, and there's six other regions. Any position is open and and is important for us, especially in the small communities in the regions where there's not too many employment. I think these positions, seven positions, or you know, like, one for each regions here there's six regions besides Yellowknife would be better utilized in the regions where because it's working with youth, and we working with youth volunteers. I see the budget has increased, not, you know, much...

Okay, with the recent experience in Tlicho region, that was an emergency for us because having, you know, access to clean water, and that's one of the mandate for the government too, is that to have to provide funding for program and services in the communities. This was an emergency. Flooding and fire is also an emergency situation. That's natural disaster. And so I just wanted to see I wanted to know why water and sewer, especially for water, having access to clean drinking water was not part is not seen or part of an emergency situation for communities as large as Tlicho region...

It would be nice if we could see that formula, how the funding's being allocated. And this also this other one too, community government mandate funding, that one that to close the gap. How is that funding going to be allocated among 33 communities?