Mr. Chairman, the First Nations policing program is one that has been used by the federal government in the south as a framework to providing policing to First Nations, particularly on reserves. In the Northwest Territories, it hasn't been used yet but we have been negotiating with the federal government to determine if the general conditions under which they support such arrangements in the south could be applied here, with some changes.
Mr. Avison is going to add some comments to it, since they've been directly involved in the negotiations, trying to reach agreement with the feds on how that can be applied up here. It does benefit us because we get cost sharing arrangements and there is local management of the policing by agreement. The communities have a say in the policing they receive.
I want to address the community constable pilot projects. They are, in fact, just pilot projects and they are not done anywhere else. They are in Coral Harbour and Fort Good Hope. We're coming up to the first year of the pilot project. The project, as far as I know and have been told, is going very well. The one in Coral Harbour was put on hold in October, I believe, because the constable there left the community, but it was expected to start again just recently. Again, Mr. Avison can add comments to that.
It is a pilot project, we provide all the money and the RCMP does all the work to get it off the ground. I will ask Mr. Avison to add comments, particularly with regard to the First Nations policing policy.