Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm just going to jump to my third question since my second question is answered already. My final question is about justice. I know that our government spends a great deal of money on policing, courts and jails; still, the justice system seems foreign to many of my constituents. It doesn't seem to reflect their values and beliefs, and often does not seem to help people who are in trouble with the law to be better. I would like to ask each candidate if they have any concrete ideas for reforming our justice system so that it will be better and more meaningful for our constituents.

Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Department of Justice has been doing some work on that issue. Mr. Kakfwi has been doing some excellent work on the issue of community justice. For example, in Fort Resolution and other communities they now have elders' justice committees that sit in the courts and are part of the sentencing of the person who is accused. I know we started that last December in Fort Resolution. They had their first court case in the spring. After court, the crime rate dropped drastically in the community because young guys were scared to go in front of the elders. The elders were being strict. They knew the people they were dealing with. That is where the key is in the justice system. We have to solve our own problems at the community level.

We also have to look at, for those we have to incarcerate in the Territories, can we afford to pay $80,000 a year to house them when you can build an access unit for a little over $100,000. We are putting more money into the correctional system to house inmates than we are to educate people outside of jail. We have to work with the communities and elders to solve problems at the community level. We have to give them the tools to do that.

Thank you. Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you. Mr. Dent, followed by Mr. Erasmus and Mr. Ootes. Mr. Dent.

Mrs. Groenewegen.

Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think we all pay our share of taxes. We pay enough taxes. I, for one, wouldn't support any increase in taxes. Then again, it is up to all 24 of us to set the direction in this Legislative Assembly. If the majority of Members want to do that, then we will have to entertain it. However, personally, I don't believe we should be increasing any taxes. Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. Dent.

Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We have to start working with our communities and with our regions in developing our renewable resource sector. We have an excellent opportunity in some regions to develop the forestry industry. We also have an excellent opportunity in other regions to develop the meat industry, as well as the fishing industry.

We also have to look at getting more use out of the furs and seal skins that we do harvest. We should make things out of them so that we have a secondary industry and people can benefit from the jobs. Right now, the government already buys the majority of the furs through the fur subsidy program, so it wouldn't be hard to take that to the next step. That would encourage people to develop at the community level.

Also, when you are talking about fur and hides, in the Western Arctic a lot of moose hides are left in the bush and people are still screaming for moose hides to do handicrafts. I had these three young girls come to me in Lutsel K'e when I was campaigning and they said what are you going to do to get us jobs. I said what are you going to do to get jobs. Doesn't your dad hunt? Yes, my dad hunts. I said he brings caribou meat home, make dry meat and sell it. That is a job. You can even do that for two hours a day. Some elders come in and do that in Lutsel K'e and they make money.

We have to look at developing that renewable resource sector, so that it is substantiated and that it sustains itself. In Fort Resolution, for example, the forestry industry alone -- it is a small mill -- creates approximately 17 jobs in the summer and another 12 in the winter. That is key. Work with the communities to develop the non-renewable resources. We have to encourage and work with the mining companies in a sensible approach to encourage mining in the Northwest Territories. Thank you.

Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you. Mr. Erasmus.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It's getting dangerous around here. What with the various cutbacks in federal funding and the deficit, one of the Department of Transportation officials indicated to me that it may take another 10 years to complete the paving project between here and Fort Providence. I wanted to get the views of the two candidates on that.

Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you. Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My understanding of the paving of the highway between here and Providence is that it will be paved up to Fort Rae in two more years and then the straightening of the road from Fort Rae to here is supposed to be another five-year program and do so much of it every year. My understanding is that was how they were going to address that problem but once again we're going to have to take a look at all that in the reality of the situation that we're in today and with the money that we have. Like Jane had mentioned earlier, a lot of people have been killed on that stretch from Fort Rae to Yellowknife so you have to look at the safety aspects as well. You do have some responsibility as a government to ensure that your public has safe roads to travel on. Thank you.

Thank you. Your second question, Mr. Erasmus.