Julie Green

Thank you for that response, Mr. Chair. Finally, I would like to ask the Minister to make a commitment to restate this page in correspondence with the Standing Committee on Social Development so that we have a more accurate idea of the coming and going on page 373. Thank you.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I am wondering if the government is interested in another of the benefits of the Yukon program, which is that it trains Indigenous people to be Gladue report writers. Could the Minister get behind that kind of an approach here in the NWT and not wait for the Yukon pilot to finish in two years in order to start it? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I don't have anything further at this point.

Thank you. I am glad to hear that that's the case. Now, I realize that this is not the right page for this, but I heard the witness say that the money was going to be invested in fuel tank replacement, and, if I heard correctly, I do not see that the budget document supports that. The amount to be invested is the same as it was in the last fiscal year. Thank you.

I appreciate that the Minister has done his homework on this. However, it is my information that pre-sentence reports are written with a different focus than Gladue reports, and so my question, again, is whether the Minister has thought about funding a writing program like the one that they have in the Yukon to produce Gladue reports.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that information. On what basis was the decision made to allocate $320,000 to the North Slave, of the total available? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I heard a decision was made, but I did not hear why it was made. Thank you.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Our neighbours in Yukon are piloting a new approach to the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in jails. The Department of Justice there is funding a three-year pilot program to train people to write what are called Gladue reports. A Gladue report provides detailed information about the offender's background, including any time spent in residential schools or in the care of child welfare, family and community history, as well as struggles with mental health and addictions. The reports are named after a Supreme Court of Canada decision given 20 years ago, which asked...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. On page 381, I note that the funding for the North Slave district has decreased by $466,000, and I'm wondering, I guess, why and how money is allocated among districts? Thank you.

Yes, did the Housing Corporation look at any other ways to try to make up that difference? It is a considerable sum of money, almost half of what is allocated for this year. Thank you.