Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a question for the Minister of Justice. The Minister may recall that on March 24 and 25 of this year, I asked his predecessor a number of questions about a Department of Justice and R.C.M.P. pilot project, which assists victims of crime to make a victims' impact statement for the courts.
This pilot project was announced on July 3, 1991 and was to be tested in nine N.W.T. communities. I am concerned, because of the lengthy evaluation period established by the previous Minister, that residents of communities not targeted to participate in the pilot project are being denied access to a very valuable victims service.
Mr. Speaker, the question is, recognizing that the former Minister of Justice made a commitment on March 25 of this year to complete an earlier evaluation than had been planned initially, can the new Minister of Justice indicate whether his departmental officials have now completed their assessment of this program?