Mr. Speaker, I do not mind answering questions. However, I do not like to be interrupted and hassled by the Member for Thebacha. She asks me a question and then she does not listen.
In response to the question, the department has no intention to spend money to take those physical characteristics of the River Ridge facility which make it a closed custody facility and convert it to an open custody facility. The government has designated River Ridge as a facility which can also be used as an open custody facility. We also keep the designation as a closed custody facility with River Ridge. So, in response to the Member's concerns and those of her chief and Metis leader in Fort Smith, there is no intention to do away with the secure facility in River Ridge. We are simply saying that along with being an open custody facility there is a secure facility, and we will also use it as an open custody facility. The facility can be used as an open custody facility. The staff have and will have the training capabilities of giving us that flexibility. There is no intention on my part to spend money to diminish the capabilities of that facility or the one in Hay River. Thank you.