Jane Weyallon Armstrong

Can the Minister tell me where are these jobs situated? I represent four communities.

Yes. Okay. We're trying to keep our community safe, and it's good that, you know, there's more -- the police are doing the job of going after many of the drug dealers that are coming in. So once they are there, after the convictions or remand, are they going to be just released into the NWT population and/or do you send them back, or how does that work? Especially, they're transient. They're just coming here to do the job, to deliver and leave. But in the process, I am glad that they are incarcerated. They're in jail. But then I just wanted to know how does the court deal with them. Thank you.

Okay, thank you for that information. I know it was just recently we had one.

Another one too is that there's -- for correctional services, there's two in Tlicho region. And there's -- in Tlicho region, we have three active positions. Are those two -- can the Minister explain to me where these positions are located.

Okay. For the record, I want to ask the Minister did Tlicho communities, the leaders, agree to the funding formula that's before us? Thank you.

Mr. Speaker -- I mean, Mr. Chair, the reason why I ask is because, I mean, a lot of us are here for a reason, and I am worried about our young people, especially young boys, because it's only young men that we're talking about, and I don't hear much about the women, and the kind of advice they are represented in court, are they providing adequate court services, you know, that's -- it's just more of a comment. It's up to them if they want to answer, but -- if they want to elaborate more on it. But I do worry about our young people, especially young men. You know, most of them are probably, you...

Thank you. Well, thank you to -- it's good to know. But, I mean, because it's concerning youth and in small communities, that's where you will find most of our young people, and they're very active so that's why I am saying that, you know, especially in small communities where, you know, the school will benefit more from these programs, and it can go a long ways. So that's why I am asking so if the department have ever considered, you know, transferring these and then allocate it to the regional schools. Thank you. That's it for now.

Okay, so, well, I am going to get away from that because I already got the message.

You know, with this community operations, regional operations, I know we passed the funding formula. We don't have a breakdown of what each community is getting. Will the Minister -- I would like to know how much of this regional operations money is coming to Tlicho region. Thank you.

Legal aid clinic, so it's lawyers providing services. I just want to ask -- I know that, you know, like I said, in the small communities, the only time that we get to see lawyers, especially legal aid, it's only on the court date, so -- and they're giving advice. I would like to know is -- are they giving adequate advice? Because, I mean, there's 140 inmates at the North Slave Correctional Centre, so how many of those got adequate advice? And, mostly -- I am sure most of them are Indigenous. Thank you.

These programs, they're for youth so I just wanted to ask the Minister if the MACA are working with -- for allocation of funds, are working with the school. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Okay, well, with reference to some of the positions two of my colleagues mentioned, talked about, the two jobs that were created. You know, with the mine closing, just letting you know -- or maybe you're aware of it -- but you know that Tlicho communities -- Tlicho region is going to be the hardest hit because all our -- a lot of our young people, all of -- many of our people are -- you know, are employed, and we're going to need more jobs. That's why I am advocating -- I would like to see more jobs advocated -- I mean, I would like to see more jobs transferred to --...