R.J. Simpson

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don't see it in the RFP here. I believe I saw something in there so I don't have the information at hand, but this is a publicly available document that speaks about the expectations for how security guards will behave in environments where they're providing their services. There is an expectation that if there is the need to physically detain someone to protect the staff, protect the other residents at a facility or patients in a health centre, that that would be within the scope of the duties of the security guard, all while remaining within the scope of the -- or...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am not aware of any GNWT-wide policy that does such things; however, I did have a look at what RFPs are out there right now, and I see an RFP for security guard services, and in that it requires that all employees performing professional security guard services must have cultural sensitivity training, such as but not limited to, the GNWT Living Well Together, and it goes on.

And it also states that proponents shall be responsible for response and management of all physical and verbal violence within the facilities using approved crisis prevention, institute non-violent...

Thank you. I will have to get back to the Member. Thanks.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So the way I understand it, at the last intergovernmental council meeting, we tasked the intergovernmental council secretariat, which is the officials level group representing each of the governments at the intergovernmental council, with developing terms of reference that -- for the review that we could put out to a contractor to actually administer the review. So the intergovernmental council secretariat was working on the terms of reference, on developing the framework to figure out what we need to -- what questions we need to ask, what we need to get the contractors...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. When something comes up that is a matter for the Legislative Assembly or more of an MLA matter like this, it's always been a free vote. I don't see any reason why I would change that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The IGCS is not going to review itself, or the IGC. It's going to be put out to tender and so there will be a contractor contracted to do the review, and certainly we can bring that to their attention. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am committed to working with the Tlicho government and advancing a Tlicho administrative region at a pace that both of our governments can handle while we still continue to deliver the programs and services that we need to for our respective citizens. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will take these questions as this does relate directly to ongoing discussions with an Indigenous government. We have a very strong relationship with the Tlicho government. We have a bilateral agreement. And the creation of a Tlicho administrative region is something that is a live discussion. We have discussed it at the elected officials level, at our bilateral meeting a couple years ago. There have been ongoing discussions at the officials level. We are working to get a better understanding of what the Tlicho government would like to see, what areas they're...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Over the past number of years, those discussions have largely been confined to the -- at the officials' level, but recently we have started having conversations at the elected officials level about LNG and the Inuvialuit's -- how we can work together to advance projects that the Inuvialuit might want to see, how we can work together to attract investors and industry if that's the desire. And so we are starting those conversations now. We had representatives from IRC here last week, and I raised this subject because it is of great interest to myself as well as, of course...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So security guards, as was mentioned, are unregulated so they are private citizens. And so the same rules that would govern you or I when we're out in public would govern security guards. So the Criminal Code is the legislation I would look to for that. There are provisions in the Criminal Code allowing for a citizen's arrest and those allow for reasonable force to be used, as well as detention. So that is -- that's in the federal realm. That's in the courts and, you know, any type of force that is used would be tested against that standard. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.