Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the primary goal, as it stands now, is to try to repatriate some of the northern inmates who are in southern institutions. They are federal inmates because they have a sentence of two years or more. It would have to be with the agreement of the federal government, Correctional Services Canada. With

respect to whether or not those individuals, if they were to be productive, these discussions, whether or not they would be housed in a federal institution in the north is another matter. Of course, there are significant costs to that type of an initiative.

At this time, the federal government from our understanding, is not interested in looking at that. However, it is an area that I will certainly discuss more, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.