Frieda Martselos

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just have a couple of questions. One of them is the $825,000 recreation funding. Is that proposal based or is it per capita based, the funding? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The emergency management with the flooding, you know, the amounts that were allocated, how much of that money of that that was used, the $35,823,000, how much of that was do you have the breakdown of that allocations, Madam Chair, for monies that stayed in the North and the monies that have gone somewhere else? Thank you, Madam Chair.

I too would like to recognize Tony, my friend, born and raised in Fort Smith. And we welcome you back any time that you want to come home.

And I'd also like to recognize another member, Mr. Speaker, and that is Jason Lepine. Jason Lepine was my official agent in my first election for MLA, and is a prominent member of the Metis Nation. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

One question, does the school of community government also offer the governance process with the leaders that are elected? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. So when you go down a little bit further, so the $886,000 in contract services, I assume that's part of the training program. Is that training done by Northerners, or is it brought in is someone brought in from southern entity? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Also under the youth contribution programs that develops the youth leadership, in 2021 we only spent well, because of COVID, I am sure, but we only spent $45,000 of the actuals. Is that why we were keeping the same amount of $225,000 within that in that line? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Mr. Speaker, can the Minister tell us if he or the Department of Justice has ever considered conducting a review of the NWT police force like what has been done in the Yukon? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Madam Chair, this is a really important line for our Indigenous people of the North. It keeps them from getting there's alternative it's alternative justice, and it keeps them out of getting a criminal record. This is a really important line in the overall file on justice. And with those numbers, it's very little. So the alternative to that for Indigenous people is that they plead guilty and they go to they have to be incarcerated. To me, that is the wrong approach, that we should be making sure that our communities are funded properly so that our Indigenous people and people who get into...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister of Justice provide any measurable data or evidence that demonstrates a positive benefit to the people of the Northwest Territories in relation to the increasing costs of policing? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Minister also says integrated services cannot be put into regional centres or communities, and that is very disturbing because if that's the case, then everything is just for one place. I'm considering voting against this budget because I think it's high time that the Members, the Ordinary Members from small communities and regional centres have got to take a stand. I think very clearly that, you know, we're always doing this and it's always from the same place, and I don't take anything from the people of the capitol, but I think that small communities and regional centres have got to be...