Mr. Speaker, I should clarify my first response. I said, yes, it's worth looking at and maybe it's worth pursuing. That's the context in which my response was made. We need to look at all the ideas and innovative approaches taken by other jurisdictions across this country, certainly in the United States, Australia and other parts of the world where people are dealing with overpopulation of inmates, staggering costs of incarceration and, even more importantly, more effective ways of dealing with offenders so they don't continue to offend. We also have the need to find more cost-effective ways of incarcerating and providing relevant programs so we will be looking at these other measures and approaches taken by other governments in countries across the world and will be actively working to reduce costs significantly. I think, personally, that we need to do that, facing the fiscal reductions set by the federal government at this time. Thank you.
Stephen Kakfwi on Question 330-12(7): Electronic Monitoring Of Inmates As Alternative For Nwt
In the Legislative Assembly on March 28th, 1995. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 330-12(7): Electronic Monitoring Of Inmates As Alternative For Nwt
Question 330-12(7): Electronic Monitoring Of Inmates As Alternative For Nwt
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 27th, 1995
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