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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Minister of Social Services, Ms. Mike.

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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central

Thank you, Madam Speaker. The funding for youth initiatives is available for specific conferences, like the one the Member indicated in his Member's statement. One-time funding is provided for other programs, such as groups who are taking out-on-the-land courses. They are handled on a case-by-case basis in the department. Thank you.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Ng.

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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot

Thank you. I would like to ask, then, are there adequate resources available to hold regional annual

conferences for youth throughout the Northwest Territories? Thank you.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Minister of Social Services, Ms. Mike.

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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Funding available now for youth initiatives has lapsed. In the past, there weren't large amounts. My department and myself have been having ongoing talks evaluating to see if some of our program funding is adequate to address all the needs in the NWT. Thank you.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Ng.

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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister, then, is there also funding available to operate facilities that may be established to support some youth in their initiatives? Thank you.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Minister of Social Services, Ms. Mike.

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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Youth initiatives funding is available for one-time costs and start-up costs for youth programs. Thank you.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Item 5, oral questions. The honourable Member for Yellowknife North, Mr. Ballantyne.

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Michael Ballantyne Yellowknife North

Thank you, Madam Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Justice. I listened with interest to the Minister's comments on preliminary inquiries. This discussion has taken place for many years and there has been a consensus a couple of times before among federal/provincial/territorial Ministers. The problem has always been that there is some very strong opposition to changing that fundamental part of the system. I totally agree with the Minister, it is costly and it victimizes the victims again. But, I think the Minister will find out that there might be some reluctance to change it.

Would the Minister suggest to the federal Minister that if it is difficult right now to change it for the whole country, he might offer the Northwest Territories as a test area where they can try it for a couple of years? We already offer, as the Minister knows, full disclosure here by the prosecution to the defence lawyers.

The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Minister of Justice, Mr. Kakfwi.

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Stephen Kakfwi

Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu

Madam Speaker, the Ministers all agreed that reform should take place. It appears that Ontario, which has the largest percentage of lawyers resident in this country -- something in excess of 20,000 -- is the most reluctant to proceed with this in an expeditious manner. We hope that, in spite of the possible loss of 20,000 votes, the Government of Ontario will throw its weight behind this reform. We're almost unanimous in agreement that this reform should take place.

The lobby against it is primarily from, of all places, the legal profession. The objections and reservations have not been clearly articulated, at least to me. I do know that those who appear to gain the most from this rather cumbersome process are also the least enthusiastic about the abolition of it. Thank you.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Supplementary, Mr. Ballantyne.

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Michael Ballantyne Yellowknife North

Thank you, Madam Speaker. That's right. A simple element of this is that some defence lawyers have historically provided the most opposition to it. I'll ask the question again. If the opposition is strong enough to prevent this initiative from happening on a national level, would our Minister offer the Northwest Territories as a jurisdiction where there could be a test run for how this could actually work? Thank you, Madam Speaker.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Minister of Justice, Mr. Kakfwi.

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Stephen Kakfwi

Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu

Madam Speaker, I was perhaps indirectly suggesting that we should stick to the first approach. While we have near unanimous consent to proceed with the abolition of the preliminary inquiry, we should maintain that approach. If all else fails, then the Member's suggestion could be considered. But, that would be way of a lame hand offering help at a very late stage of defeat, and they may or may not be open to suggestions on that. Thank you.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Item 5, oral questions. The honourable Member for Yellowknife Centre, Mr. Lewis.

Brian Lewis Yellowknife Centre

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister responsible for Safety a question. In view of the fact that there was an accident at Colomac Mine over the weekend, does the government automatically inspect this facility to make sure that no safety measures have been overlooked?

The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Minister of Safety and Public Services, Mr. Nerysoo.

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Richard Nerysoo Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Yes, the normal practice is we generally immediately inspect the situation that has occurred.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Lewis.

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Brian Lewis Yellowknife Centre

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I appreciate this would be the normal practice, but can the Minister confirm that his department has gone into Colomac to see the nature of the problem?

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Minister of Safety and Public Services, Mr. Nerysoo.