Julian Morse

Okay. And just we're always kind of flying by the seat when we're going through these pages. Can the Minister just clarify would now be the time to ask about those questions, or is that at a later page?

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I appreciate that answer. I am looking forward to seeing what comes out of it and potentially seeing some -- yeah, some projects that come out of it that will help us.

Is the Minister aware of whether we've looked into the possibility of expanding any of the reservoirs in the North Slave region to better adapt to the low water levels that we've been seeing over the past number of years? I know we've done -- we've seen work from our water survey folks who have told us that this is going to continue to occur. And is that what the Snare resiliency study is focusing on...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that commitment from the Minister. And yeah, it's really not so much reporting on the funding agreement itself but just the outcomes that are being achieved through the funding. That's where I am interested in getting some information. And if I could just build upon the question.

What the deputy minister communicated back, I mean, going into schools, there was a couple of different items there, but what I didn't hear anything about was actual law enforcement related to the gangs themselves, or guns for that matter. So, you know, forgive me here, but when I...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And, certainly, I don't want to put the Minister in the position of spitballing on the floor, to maintain our parliamentary behaviour.

My next question is, in some questions earlier this week, or last week -- weeks are all blending together, Mr. Chair -- we talked -- the Minister, in one of her answers, spoke to the Snare stabilization project. She may be able to correct me on the terminology for that, but can the Minister speak to that project. And the line of questioning was about some smaller projects. Because I know we're putting a lot of focus on Taltson and...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And so back to the data collection issue, I mean, I guess I would just -- yeah, I look forward to seeing the report that was produced. Generally speaking, I am just hoping to see if we can point to local successes of these programs and, most importantly, just track whether the programs are having success, whether anything about them needs to change, whether we need to resource them differently. That's all information that will help us decision-makers make better, informed decisions.

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate it. I just have another question I wanted to ask.

For the gun and gang strategy, can the Minister provide an update on how this funding has meaningfully addressed violence in the NWT. So are there metrics that are being tracked with relation to this strategy to determine whether it's successful.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And so that would be, by my rough math, about $29 million that we've spent. Can the Minister help us understand what we'll be using the $11 million for this year. Thanks.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And, certainly, if it's a confidential item, I am sure we could probably find a mechanism to get that to social development.

Lastly, on these programs, Mr. Chair, what can justice do to ensure appropriate and necessary interconnectedness between these programs and other services to ensure that the aims of the programs achieve their goals? So connecting them with mental health services, medical services, housing, etcetera. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That certainly is disappointing to hear. And I appreciate that the department is looking into what they can do in the short term. You know, I just -- that program is one that I've referred a number of constituents to and has helped out a lot of people that I've worked with. So I see it as an essential program so would very much support the department finding resources to use to ensure that that program continues. I think it's an important one and one that we don't want to lose, so I would just put my plug in for that. If we do have to use territorial money, I am open to a...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So I appreciate that update from the Minister, and we'll just let my comments stand on how we're using EAs. But certainly I don't think EAs are a good place to figure out what your project is going to be. I think EAs are a good place to bring a project that is fully thought through so that you can proceed through that process in a timely manner. And I just want to put that little plug in there for my friends in the regulatory system, that projects that do come forward in that manner tend to proceed through the system quite quickly.

On that note, I wanted to move to the...