Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, again stemming from our town hall on crime and public safety, many residents expressed concern around seeing crime in their neighbourhoods and how we can better address it. Surveillance systems came up, including personal camera systems. Many people have those. But there was a discussion on whether or not there could be CCTVs, like you see in other major cities, like the city of London in the UK. Is this something that the Minister has looked into? Thank you. Minister of Justice.
Thank you, Member from Range Lake. Minister of Justice.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, no, this is not something that I've looked into. I know within Canada there are privacy implications that would apply to that approach. And certainly from what I do know about the topic, it's also typically -- the ability to do this would be contained in municipal legislation through community bylaws and that kind of avenue. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, obviously funding for community justice programs would be a part of this. If it goes down to the municipal level, if it's something that can be done by bylaw. So can the Minister develop programming through his community justice division to ensure that communities have the resources they need, whether it's expertise in surveillance systems, bylaw officers, training equipment, whatever it takes. Clearly, we need to resource these if we're going to ensure public safety in our communities. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker, To date we've had no requests from any community to pursue an avenue in this regard. Certainly, our office is always willing to have those conversations with communities if there is a desire to look at potential funding opportunities. So happy to entertain those if someone wants to reach out. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Final supplementary. Member from Range Lake.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, will the Minister work with the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs to develop formula funding for community safety programs in communities. That way, they don't have to come and ask him; they're just going to get money and they can use it to support community safety across the Northwest Territories. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker. I think the conversation, and if you look at the mandate letters from the Premier around community safety, I think we've all been given a mandate as Cabinet to work together in many areas to address the community safety concerns across the territory, and I think that's quite evident in the work that we have done today. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Oral questions. Member from the Deh Cho.
