Julian Morse

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And the third one there -- and I do forgive the Minister because I had listed a lot there -- was the drug treatment option program, if he could just list the success associated with that one.

Okay, thank you, Mr. Chair. I don't want to dwell too long on the past on this one. I just want to note that I hope we are learning some lessons here. I think that the EA process is a process that proceeds much more efficiently when a developer has the good sense of what their project is and has a solid project description and is ready to proceed to EA. So I would just note maybe we can learn from this lesson that dragging out an EA is an expensive process, and it eats up a lot of resources for everybody involved. And so I hope we're learning from that.

So to that end, I would just ask the...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So that is good news. And I will just make sure -- so, yeah, I probably should have asked specific questions about each line item rather than jumping around. So the victim assistance support projects, that's over $2 million reduction. What are we losing there?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I wanted to ask about a few different programs that are run, I believe, out of court services - the wellness court, drug treatment option program, and the intimate partner violence treatment option court. Are those under this page? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just wanted to first speak to the Mackenzie Valley Highway environmental assessment and planning.

I note that in 2025-2026, we spent $11 million. This year, we're spending $3.5 million. Can the department give us an idea of the total amount the department has spent over the term of this environmental assessment that has been spent to date.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. There's a number of reductions in here in the -- sorry, Mr. Chair, just getting oriented here.

There's a reduction of about $1.7 million to victim services and a significant reduction of over $2 million to victim assistance support projects. So can the Minister help us understand what happened with all those projects, and -- yeah.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I do remember that project now that they mention it.

Next question: A Yellowknife Courthouse security post for the sheriff officer has been included as adjustment in the main estimates. Can you provide details on how this will support current court services and why it's necessary. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was hoping for a walk forward as opposed to a walk back on this one. Last time we chatted about this, there was a commitment to get all the work in place so that we could be ready to quickly introduce legislation in the 21st Assembly. Can the Minister just confirm that getting the framework in place to do that is still on the table. Thank you.

Sorry, Mr. Chair. I didn't get my hand up very quickly there. But I just wanted to -- just to the point that Mr. Rodgers was speaking to -- or sorry, my colleague from Inuvik Boot Lake was speaking to just now.

Yeah, I know in last year, it was a supplemental appropriation. This year I see we're funding to the tune of $2.7 million. I am guessing that that increase is related to the Arctic Winter Games happening this year. Are we anticipating that we're going to have to keep contributing to this fund year over year to sustain it?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, what is the current backlog of jury trials in the Northwest Territories?