Bob Bromley

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to ask about the diversion program. I see in the narrative description here that this division includes diversion programs where communities assist youth and adults to deal with matters outside the formal justice system. Do we have diversion programs in all communities? Thank you.

I am aware of that facility and those services. Do we have, then, a FASD diagnostic capability within Justice?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to follow up from my statement with questions for the Premier today, and they’re related to the three examples I mentioned earlier of decision-making power being moved from public boards to behind the closed doors of GNWT. I do believe that our Cabinet and their advisors are competent, so they must be aware of this power shift.

The question is: Is this a deliberate power grab, or is it an unintended consequence of the rush to implement devolution?

Thank you for that information. Just in relation to my question, what is the workload of each of those clinics? Do they share between them or are they specific to the regions? I’m just wondering: is the budget directly associated with the workload of each of those clinics.

I appreciate the Minister’s comments. I have to say that I’m hearing and reading, in every paper there seems to be an insert that says seamless transition for devolution and well prepared for devolution. Those are the questions I’m asking here. I’m finding some unexpected soft spots now. I was told these were five ATIPP positions, but I would happily stand to be corrected and that might resolve some of the confusion here.

I have a couple questions. Would the Minister know roughly how many adult inmates we have and how many juvenile inmates in the system, either now or sort of on average through the year?

Cabinet is giving us the impression that we are creating a mirror-image system through our mirroring legislation. But these not-so-subtle changes are starting to look like a Cabinet power grab.

I will have questions. Mahsi.

Thanks for the Minister’s response there. I wonder if the Minister would consider it worthwhile taking the initiative to approach and offer these professionals the opportunity for feedback in an open way beyond the expectation that if they have issues that they will raise them. Sometimes you will get different input that way. It’s not an essential. I just think it might be a worthwhile exercise, a one-off if it doesn’t work, but if it does produce good results, that may be something to consider.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to follow up. I don’t feel like we’ve got to the end of our trail here at exploring this. We are taking on, from a major federal department, responsibility for planned water resource management, a substantial regime, and within that there are inspections to make sure that mines are operating according to law and guidelines and so on and there’s an enforcement requirement. Now, my understanding is departments don’t have their own legal capacity to do prosecutions that they would request. The legal division, as I understand it, is this page that we’re on, services to...

I guess I would appreciate that information. What I’m looking for here, the last time I looked, if I’m right, I think it was over $1,000 per person per day, I think in the order of $1,600 or something like that. Obviously, at that rate and given the success of other jurisdictions in Canada that have joined with mental health courts, these costs will be made up very, very quickly. Albeit capital costs won’t go away and so on, and that’s my interest there.

So I think I’ll leave it at that and I’ll look forward to that information and perhaps have the Minister consider what the potential savings...