Thank you. I find it kind of ironic that you're saying it won't be filled. Probably 60 or 70 per cent of the people in YCC are from the Mackenzie Delta area. We are also sending our young offenders as far away as Iqaluit. Yet you say you won't be able to fill these facilities. If you're talking about bringing justice closer to the communities so people can deal with their problems, yet it's okay to pay the cost of transporting these people half-way around the country, from one end of the Territories to the other. We're probably the only region in the Territories which does not have a facility. For the number of people we have incarcerated, we're giving the city of Yellowknife an economic benefit due to having these people in their facilities here because of the spin-offs of the costs to run these facilities in the South Slave, Yellowknife, Iqaluit and other areas like that.
David Krutko on Bill 11: Appropriation Act, 1996-97 Department Of Justice
In the Legislative Assembly on May 22nd, 1996. See this statement in context.
Bill 11: Appropriation Act, 1996-97 Department Of Justice
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
May 21st, 1996
Page 554
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