(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a few comments regarding the court party which goes into the communities, particularly into the smaller communities. Obviously the Dene people have been visited by this court party because there are usually some people in those communities who have been charged with mischief. A lot of people in the communities have to wait for the court party when they have been charged and have to go to court. The people who have been charged all have minds and feelings like we do. When they must wait for a long time, they begin to worry about what is going to happen in the future. Whether they are man, woman, young or old they begin to have some fears about what is going to happen to them.

I am not trying to say that the people who have committed crimes should not be put in jail, but we should start looking into their situations. When a court party goes into a community it stays for only two or three days, and sometimes it does not even get to see a lot of people who have been charged. There have been a lot of complaints in my communities, such as Gjoa Haven and Spence Bay, regarding this matter. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.