Mr. Speaker, if anyone does not listen in this House it is the Minister. When Members bring up concerns he goes all around the question, he never answers the question. I will ask him again. Since the Minister indicated in this House that he said, there will be no structural changes, there will be no additional money, and awhile ago he said he has to retrain the staff, so therefore, there is additional money. However, he said there would be no additional funding requested to make a structural change of that building to house young offenders in an open custody setting because now it looks after young offenders in a secure custody. Can the Minister assure this House that he will ask for no supplementary dollars in the budget in the future, he will ask for no additional funding in any way whether it is through special warrant, supplementary or interactivity transfers in the budget to ensure that he modifies that facility to accommodate the spirit and intent of legislation to look after open custody? Will he make that commitment? It is a simple yes or no, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.
Jeannie Marie-Jewell on Question 609-12(3): Consultation With Fort Smith Groups Re River Ridge Facility
In the Legislative Assembly on March 26th, 1993. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 609-12(3): Consultation With Fort Smith Groups Re River Ridge Facility
Question 609-12(3): Consultation With Fort Smith Groups Re River Ridge Facility
Item 5: Oral Questions
March 25th, 1993
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Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha
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