Robert Hawkins

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. One of the benefits of Ministers having dual roles, I get to ask the same Minister sort of the same problem. Will the Minister of Justice work with the House Leader to bring forward this particular act so we can either review it or just simply enact it? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to acknowledge and recognize Ms. Julie Thrasher. Sorry, I'm tongue-tied today. I'll say it again, Ms. Julie Thrasher. She lives downtown in Yellowknife, and I know she's certainly the eyes and ears of a lot of things that go on, and I appreciate her support and friendship. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I respect the opportunity that we should always have a balance on these particular evaluations so, in other words, balanced perspectives. So would the Minister ensure that not only social -- the social agency side would be part of the communication of setting up the criteria of the evaluation, he would also invite the RCMP to provide their expertise on the essence of the evaluation so we get a nice 360 point of view of how it's working for various elements of the community for the community. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It seems to be justice today, or at least Minister Macdonald day in some form or fashion.

Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Justice, and it's with respect to the community -- one of your communities, the community of Fort Liard. Mr. Speaker, they've run a community policing program for many years and often we've referred to it as the gold standard, could we do more of these types of things, you know, how important it is, and how key it is to have community people working with community people. Mr. Speaker, the question is, has there ever been any evaluation...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ever so briefly, I was on the City of Yellowknife website about snow removal, and they had a bunch of Q and A simple questions as why you don't do -- or why this isn't being done and you click it, and it explained why this wasn't being done. Mr. Speaker, there could be a great chance for medical travel to help communicate some of the things. As I'm highlighting, I'm only going to briefly highlight one example, plane alignments with schedules. So in other words, that question could be is why aren't they aligned or better, you could have we're working on this, this is the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wanted to use this short opportunity to ask a question of the Minister of health. We had a brief conversation over lunch hour with respect to medical travel, and it got me to thinking during that time, an hour or so ago, what is the Minister doing to open up for public dialogue and suggestions on repairing problems and challenges with medical travel? Could she open up a form or discussion board or something that they can receive direct input on stories, individuals. So that question is for the Minister of health.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'm not sure what MOU the Minister's referring to. I believe the last one, the City of Yellowknife either, you know, theoretically or metaphorically or whatever you want to call it, tore it up. In other words, they believed it wasn't working. Mr. Speaker, to the point, $10 billion doesn't come around every day, and it's certainly worth dedicating a dedicated team for this to help Yellowknife and the Town of Inuvik, Mr. Speaker. So my question specifically is does the Minister recognize the opportunity of aligning his department in a way so it can help...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the urgency that the Minister will take communicating to the other ministerial duties. Mr. Speaker, in all seriousness would the Minister commit to have an update before the mid-session break on what they can or will be willing to do on this particular legislation that's been sitting out there for 35 years doing nothing, since 1991? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. With 600 -- approximately 607 days left in this Assembly, we often ask for things and the government says well, we're too busy and can't get legislative drafters.

Mr. Speaker, I spoke about a Securities Act today that was developed, went through committee in the Assembly in the 90s, Mr. Speaker. It hasn't received ascent. So my question for the Minister of Justice is is the Minister aware that the NWT has a Locksmith, Security Guards, and Other Security Occupations Act sitting out there not enacted? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A single moment in a Yellowknife apartment building not long ago has ignited an overdue conversation. While the courts will handle the specifics of that particular incident, the truth is undeniable. The NWT is standing at a crossroads of public safety.

Mr. Speaker, for years people have operated in a legislative shadow, in a dark place. Time has come to put the private security industry into the light. Mr. Speaker, the opportunity is here. Look across the map of Canada, from the Pacific to the Great Lakes. Canada has already got gold standard legislation. We're not...