Thank you. Minister of Justice.
Thank you, Madam Chair. My apologies, I don't have the report open in front of me. Pardon me, Madam Chair. I apologize for that.
So there's the recommendation around the security guard. We'll definitely need some -- we'll need to analyze that and look at what that could possibly look like. Yeah, Madam Chair, I think that was the primary one that we had concern with. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you. Member for Frame Lake.
Okay. Thank you. I think I'm actually just going to go through the recommendations, then, based on that response. Recommendation 1 is that the Standing Committee on Social Development recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories issue clear guidance and instructions to schools across the Northwest Territories on how to use and apply the Trespass to Property Act. Does the Minister concur with that recommendation and commit to carrying that out?
Thank you. Minister of Justice.
Thank you, Madam Chair. Yeah, we -- I would say that we will certainly look into that, but I would say we would be leaning toward being supportive of that direction. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you. I'll go back to the Member for Frame Lake.
Thank you, Madam Chair. Yeah, just to continue with the committee report, the other recommendation that I note in there that is particularly of interest to me is the Standing Committee on Social Development recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories create regulations under the Summary Convictions Procedures Act to include ticketable offences for trespassing prior to Bill 34, Trespass to Property Act, coming into force. This is something of concern to me, and I think it was raised during the review and it was one that stood out to me, so I am curious to know how the Minister feels about that recommendation.
Member for Frame Lake, you're addressing the recommendations and not the report of the bill. So do you have questions for the Minister on the report -- of the bill?
Thank you, Madam Chair. I fail to understand how the report about the bill differs significantly from the bill itself. I mean, the report raises recommendations related to the bill's passage. So forgive me for not understanding procedure here, but I thought these were relevant questions and relevant issues raised by the committee about the bill. Am I missing something?
The committee report will be discussed after the bill. If the recommendations are passed as motions, the government will have 120 days to respond to them. Do you have further questions? Member for Frame Lake.
Thank you, Madam Chair. Maybe what I'll do instead of asking questions is just say that I appreciate the committee's review of this bill and that the recommendations of the committee are strongly related to my ability to support the bill. And so I'll leave my comments at that for now.
Thank you. Next, I'm going to Inuvik Boot Lake.
Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm a little scared to ask my question now. I'll be fairly brief. Madam Chair, as the new act will be a law of general application, are there any specific clauses within the Inuvialuit final agreement or the Gwich'in final agreement that specifies that the new act would apply to both their respective lands? I know there are areas of -- specific areas outlined in the claim, but no blanket inclusion. I'm just wondering if the Minister can speak to that. Thank you.
Thank you. I'll go to the Minister of Justice.
Thank you, Madam Chair. That's a level of detail I don't have with me today, but certainly happy to get that information and get back to the Member. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you. Member for Inuvik Boot Lake.
Thank you, Madam Chair. And the majority of my questions are around how it affects the land claimant groups in my region, so what I'll do, Madam Chair, is I will email those questions to the Minister and get the responses that way rather than taking up our time today and getting the same response, so thank you.
Thank you. Minister of Justice, do you want to respond?
Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, happy to take those questions from the Member. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Okay. Thank you. Is the committee agreed that there are no further general comments? I'll go back to the Member for Frame Lake.
Thank you, Madam Chair. Sorry, just all this procedural stuff, I just want to make sure I get a question on the record and get the Minister's response to it. So during review of the bill, there were concerns raised by the RCMP -- I was present at that meeting -- about the lack of ability to create ticketable offences under the act. I'm just curious to hear the Minister's response to that and why that was left out of the bill and whether they will be considering doing that under regulations as (audio).
Thank you. I'll go to the Minister of Justice.
Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, we are looking at what the path forward is to doing that under the summary conviction regulations. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you. I'll go back to the Member for Frame Lake.
Okay. Thank you. I felt that that was a pretty significant point that was made by the RCMP and a pretty significant lacking in the bill, so, you know, obviously I'd be curious to see that proceed through regulations, but I don't know if the Minister is going to be able to commit to it on the floor. But I think that it's just a key thing. Like, we don't want to be putting people in jail as a first step or sending them to court as a first step. So I just want to make sure that we -- the Minister is committed to ensuring that the ticketable offences aspect of this is included when it's brought into force -- before it's brought into force. Thank you.
Thank you. I'll go to the Minister of Justice.
Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, I recall the conversation around this approach. And I agree. I think that, you know, having a staged approach to this, and, you know, the ability to have a ticketed offence I think is a direction that I will say I broadly support, and I'm happy to, I believe, respond to the recommendation in that regard at the appropriate time. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you. Member for Frame Lake, anything further?
Thank you, Madam Chair. I really appreciate that reassurance from the Minister. I have no further questions.
Thank you. Is the committee agreed that there are no further general comments? Agreed?
Agreed.
Can we proceed to a clause-by-clause review of the bill?
Agreed.
Committee, we will defer the bill number and title until after consideration of the clauses. Please turn to page 3 of the bill.
Clause 1, does the committee agree?
Agreed.
Clause 2, does the committee agree?
Agreed.
Clause 3, does the committee agree?
Agreed.
Clause 4, does the committee agree?
Agreed.
Clause 5, does the committee agree?
Agreed.
Clause 6, does the committee agree?
Agreed.
Clause 7, does the committee agree?
Agreed.
Clause 8, does the committee agree?
Agreed.
