Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the honourable Minister of Justice talks about the concept of community residential centres in smaller communities. He also talks about facilitating community-based programming and a need for an alternative to jails, and what have you. When planning facilities for communities, people who are knowledgeable in this area are our elders. They have been applying their own traditional justice system from the beginning of time, when man committed his first offence.

Mr. Chairman, traditional justice, in my opinion, is very gentle, but very effective. A traditional justice system has limited restrictions, but with long-lasting results and I would urge the honourable Minister and his officials to perhaps start consultations with the elders in the respective communities. That's just a point I wanted to make. Thank you.