Thank you. I think it's realized by communities and social agencies, alike, that if you want to get into human development, community development healing, you can't do it in isolation. You can't just get a group of people to sit around and talk about it, then go home and expect change. It inevitably has to be tied to some activity. It's part of an activity, it's part of a life, it's part of a process. The community justice initiative is oriented that way.

We feel large institutions won't have the capability of addressing some of the root causes of crime and violence. It's the families and the people in the communities who have to take responsibility for their own people. The healing and the work to identify and address the root causes of these problems has to be done at the community level. It's our hope that, through the community justice initiative, some of this work can take place.

We recognize in the community transfer initiative, which is under the Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs, that whereas in the beginning as a government it was envisaged that it would be a very mechanical, technical piece of work to transfer responsibilities to communities in many areas, that in fact most of the communities we talked to, the Inuvialuit communities, the Gwich'in communities and communities in the eastern Arctic have told us there has been extensive damage done to people and to communities. It's not a simple matter of just transferring money and making agreements and giving people something to do. There's a lot of pain and anger and suffering that's been inflicted on people, a lot of denial. This has to be addressed, this healing element, community development element, to addressing the ills and the needs of communities that is now recognized by the community transfer initiative as an essential element. We accept that we have to address that as part of working towards greater independence of communities for greater self-reliance. There's a whole human element to the work we've undertaken that needs to be addressed.

I think that, as a government, there is a recognition of what is being said. I know that on a larger scale, when we get into constitutional development, all Members will accept that when we get into self-government and constitutional talks, we have to convince our own people that whatever changes we suggest are going to be good for them are better. That, whoever is going to govern and whoever is going to take the initiative to make changes is going to deliver a good product for everybody. So, that at the end of the day, the women and the children and the elderly have to be convinced that it is going to be good for them.

We have to be convinced that if we are going to set up aboriginal forms of government, these forms of government are going to be good for people. If there are some things that have to be addressed in that process then, as the Government of the Northwest Territories, we have to be there for them. For example, for the communities, the chiefs and councils, the Inuvialuit communities, and the general public. If there are areas that need to be addressed and supported in order to get these rights recognized, then we have to be there.

Certainly, in my view, those questions have to be answered. Just because we have a right to govern ourselves doesn't mean our people are going to let us run with it and set up whatever we want and assume those responsibilities. We all have an obligation to set up a process that is going to respect and give comfort to our people. I hope that answers the concerns of the Member. I think we recognize that it is something that has to be done and it is going to be done at the community level. We're waiting for some work to be done at the community level so the offenders who we are responsible for now are treated by the people who know them the best and who care for them the most. We want them to be treated and cared for as close to home as possible. Thank you.