Glen Abernethy

Thank you, Madam Chair. There are some very specific criteria. I am happy to share that information with Mr. Yakeleya. If once looking at that we can see if there’s any way to make sure that it’s easier for people to understand, we’ll absolutely work with you, but there are some pretty specific criteria. Thank you.

We will absolutely work with other departments to see what opportunities exist for our partnership and our involvement in this area.

I believe we can provide it by community, but we have to be careful that the statistics are not so small that they’re self-identifying. So as they get smaller, we may not be able to provide them by community, we may have to provide them by region. But we will provide you everything that we can legally provide you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. With me today are Kim Schofield, who is the director of finance, and Bronwyn Watters, the deputy minister with the Department of Justice.

Sorry about that. I missed that part. Absolutely, we can share those.

Madam Chair, I’ve had a lot of conversations with the Member, especially when we are travelling through the Sahtu, and we know the challenges that they’re facing with alcohol in the small communities and we are looking to work with the communities.

Once again, I go back to the community policing strategies or the community policing plans that are done between the RCMP and the community. It’s a great opportunity for the communities to make sure that their voice is being heard with respect to policing. It’s going to continue to happen and we look forward to the partnerships. The Member is right...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I am pleased to present the main estimates for the fiscal year 2012-2013 for the Department of Justice.

The department’s main estimates propose an operations expenditure budget of $113.674 million. This represents an increase of 6.6 percent over the 2011-2012 Main Estimates, with just over $6.7 million for net forced growth to ensure core programs and services have sufficient resources to operate. These main estimates also propose $613,000 for strategic initiatives to enhance and expand service delivery to the residents of the Northwest Territories.

The bulk of our...

I did speak to this in the House the other day and gave some of the deadlines that we’re now faced with. This is a cooperative project between the Department of Health and Social Services, Education, Culture and Employment, Housing Corporation and Justice. It’s been taking a little longer than I think any of us would have liked, but it is continuing to move forward. Right now we hope to have a work plan in place by August 2012, like I said the other day.

Obviously, we’d like to be moving faster, but there is a significant amount of research that needs to be done, and the original project has...

Thanks, Madam Chair. I don’t know. It was before my time. I’m happy to pull some information together and provide it to the Member.

It is a strategic initiative-type position. It is new this year. It is brand new. It hadn’t been utilized in previous years.