Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, talking about the outpost camps, we have introduced a made-in-the-North approach to alter incarceration that is working, yet we are causing these camps to have to shut their doors and close down. I am talking about the outpost camps for young offenders. There is one in my riding, Mr. Speaker. It is the only outpost camp that is self-supporting in all of Nunavut. The problem seems to be that the occupancy rate is low. Statistics have proven that the young offenders who go to these camps are not repeat offenders. It is something like 10 per cent, whereas in the normal system it is a lot higher. So this made-in-the-North approach is working, yet we seem to be cutting the per them amounts for these camps, forcing these camps to close. Even though there are no people or young offenders staying at the camp, they still have to pay the insurance costs, the O and M to retain the building, at cetera. I know the Minister is just new
in the portfolio and I hope he will review this, It is a very serious matter.
In my region, Mr. Chairman, there are three elderly gentlemen running this camp. They have their families there. They also built an alternate home for maintaining a traditional way of life at the camp. It has proven to be very successful. They are the envy of the people in the Baffin. Yet, because of a lack of the occupancy and having this camp go to a per them rate, they may not be able to operate because the costs will be too much. I would implore the Minister to review this situation to try to have the judicial system in the region put more people in the young offenders' camps so the occupancy rate could go up and the per them rate which is being offered, which is very low, may help them be self-sufficient. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.