Debates of February 12, 2026 (day 79)

Statements

Question 1010-20(1): Crime and Public Safety

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don't need a long preamble. I am requesting the Minister to host a town hall and community meeting. Will the Minister abide by that request? Thank you.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Member from Yellowknife Centre. Minister of Justice.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I previously stated, I am happy to accept an invitation from a community to attend a community meeting and speak on behalf of my portfolio as the Minister of Justice, so welcome any invitation. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, I have a whole set of questions, but I am not going to get to them. I am going to keep repeating the same question. MLA Testart has asked twice. I've asked once. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to ask it a fourth time.

Mr. Minister of Justice, I am asking, MLA Testart's asking you, would you please organize a community town hall meeting so people can speak about their vulnerability and have ideas and options through your department in partnership with the RCMP so we can feel empowered and feel safe in our community again. Would you be willing to do that at our request? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I stated earlier, I am happy to accept an invitation from a community to come in and participate in a town hall harding drugs or crime or any other concerns that the community may have that relates to my portfolio. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Member from Range Lake.

You're fine, Mr. Speaker. Certainly, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, maybe I am asking it wrong. I am asking -- I am proposing an invitation to the Minister of Justice. Would he accept the offer by MLA Testart and I that if we organize a town hall meeting, would he attend? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I stated I am happy to attend a community meeting if I am invited to discuss the issues of my portfolio. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Minister of Justice. Oral questions. Member for the Deh Cho.