Thank you, Madam Speaker, and Members. We, as a government, must take the initiative. We have to take a holistic approach for corrections in the Northwest Territories. Madam Speaker, I don't only mean corrections, the community or the individual as a whole, but the family as a whole. By continuing with band aid solutions, such as incarceration, we do little to solve the problem.

Let me give you an example. In the old days, when the elders' or women's council placed a sentence on an individual, that individual always knew that when their sentence was over, they would be accepted as a full member of the community again. Now there is no opportunity for the victims or offenders to go through this healing process. Madam Speaker, our present system does not address the concerns of those it is suppose to serve. We must take steps to change it. Mahsi cho.

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