Glen Abernethy

Agreed.

It’s an intriguing idea and it might be a great opportunity for Public Works and Services and ECE and ITI to get together to figure out how we can get local artists’ products on walls. As long as we’re not talking about consuming floor space, obviously, which is incredibly expensive, but as long as it’s walls in public parts of buildings, it’s certainly something that we should be pursuing and I’m happy to take that forward and discuss it with my ministerial colleagues to figure out exactly how we can try to make something like that happen.

I don’t, obviously, have that information with me today, but I will commit to getting that information from the department and providing it to the Member. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. No, I don’t.

Right now we have just completed the drafting of a new Legal Aid Act, which will be coming in front of committee soon, hopefully. We’ve also been having discussions in Cabinet and with committee about enhancing or providing some additional resources to the legal aid unit, and we will continue to have those discussions and find a way to enhance the services being provided in that area. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following five documents, entitled “2009-2010 Report of the Legal Services Board of the Northwest Territories,” “2010-2011 Report of the Legal Services Board of the Northwest Territories,” “21st Annual Report of the Victims Assistance Committee of the NWT – Part 2, 2009-2010,” “22nd Annual Report of the Victims Assistance Committee of the NWT – Part 2, 2010-2011,” and “23rd Annual Report of the Victims Assistance Committee of the Northwest Territories – Part 1, 2011-2012.”

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that Bill 2, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2012, be read for the first time. Thank you.

Yes, Madam Chair. On my left is Steve Lewis, the director of Corporate Services; on my immediate right is Paul Guy, the deputy minister; and on my far right is Laurie Gault, who is the director of the Technology Service Centre.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following document, entitled “Technical Report – Analysis of Federal Bill C-10, Safe Streets and Communities Act: Impacts on the NWT Department of Justice.” Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

I believe the draft response to the community’s letter is actually in my signing book up in my office. We, obviously, would like to have some representatives of the department meet with the representatives in Colville Lake to start discussing exactly what they mean by reintegration program, finding out what the community can contribute or offer as far as resources or what their ultimate plan would be. We have to make sure that all safety and security issues are dealt with. But I’d like to get the department working with Colville Lake sooner rather than later, so I’ll talk to the department and...