Thank you, Madam Speaker. It's our intention, at this time, that should we be successful in allocating successful resources in the area of corrections, one of the main priorities over the next few years would be to build a number of community correctional centres which would be characterized by a number of things. One, that they would be community-based or based in proximity to a community; that is, they could be land-based. They would be characterized by the fact that perhaps it would be mandatory, if not a high priority, for us to see that it is managed and staffed by the community. It would also be characterized by the fact that it would be more of a minimal security facility for those types of offenders who would not be considered dangerous and would be considered more open to doing work of reconciliation; to try to restore peace in the community with the people whose lives and whose peace they have disrupted.

That is the intent. If the Member has heard anything else, then it may be people thinking openly about where the support from the Department of Justice, corrections division, would come from; whether it comes from the Department of Justice here, from staff within the Yellowknife Correctional Centre, or from the South Mackenzie Correctional Centre. Thank you.