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Motion 44-13(7): Termination Of Planning For New Yellowknife Correctional Centre
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

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The Chair

The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Mr. Morin.

Motion 44-13(7): Termination Of Planning For New Yellowknife Correctional Centre
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Madam Chairperson. Who in the architectural firm has experience and background in rehabilitation programs for youth and adults and considers that the majority of them, 90 percent, are aboriginal inmates and that this would be best for the inmates?

Motion 44-13(7): Termination Of Planning For New Yellowknife Correctional Centre
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The Chair

The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Morin. Mr. Dent.

Motion 44-13(7): Termination Of Planning For New Yellowknife Correctional Centre
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Charles Dent

Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake

Thank you, Madam Chairperson. I would expect that would be the people in Justice, so maybe I could refer to the Minister of Justice to respond.

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The Chair

The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Mr. Kakfwi.

Motion 44-13(7): Termination Of Planning For New Yellowknife Correctional Centre
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Stephen Kakfwi

Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu

Madam Chairperson, the adult facility that we provide is designed to meet with the requirements of legislation, the same as the young offenders facility and the architects that we work with have sufficient expertise to cost out how much it would cost us to build facilities based on how many inmates we propose to take care of so we work with our officials and DPW and architects. Thank you.

Motion 44-13(7): Termination Of Planning For New Yellowknife Correctional Centre
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The Chair

The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Kakfwi. Mr. Morin.

Motion 44-13(7): Termination Of Planning For New Yellowknife Correctional Centre
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

July 30th, 1999

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Don Morin Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Madame Chairperson. So this decision that the government has made, and you have heard it many, many times in this House, decisions made on the advice they receive. So they have received advice from the architectural firm, from DPW, from construction architects in DPW, those types of people. They have received advice from the Justice department and the bureaucracy itself. Was there any advice received at all from caregivers or program delivery people or people that are involved in rehabilitation of inmates or youths, people who are involved in young offenders programs, people that are involved in developing specific institutions or specific rehabilitation centres in southern Canada or anywhere else in Canada that are specific to aboriginal people by taking

into account the culture of aboriginal people and rehabilitation. Anything like that? Where does that fit into the mix? Where in his consultation did that fit in the Minister's consultation process?

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The Chair

The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Morin. I will refer that question to Mr. Kakfwi.

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Stephen Kakfwi

Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu

Madame Chairperson. The time to have considered these types of questions was a year and a half ago when there was a lot of time to be creative, innovative and open to locating these facilities and to look at every possible design. That time is long gone. We have very little time left to meet the requirements of the inmates and the young offenders. The decisions have been made and it is unfortunate that early on in the spring and summer of 1998, government did not consult the way we are being told it should have been consulting, but the opportunity is long gone and it is time now to move on, get on to designing these. As I said, if this Member wants to help us be creative and involve every possible person in the design of these facilities I am open to it. Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Kakfwi. Mr. Morin, that ten minutes is up. I had two people on my list when we took the break. Mr. Erasmus and Mr. Krutko, I believe. I do not remember which order they were in so, Mr. Erasmus.

Motion 44-13(7): Termination Of Planning For New Yellowknife Correctional Centre
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North

Thank you, Madame Chairperson. We are hearing now that these two groups of people who would be served with these facilities may not actually be in a building that is attached, but that is not what we heard earlier. If I remember correctly, it was to be in a building with the youth basically in a separate wing. I would like some clarification on that, please.

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The Chair

The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Erasmus. Mr. Kakfwi.

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Stephen Kakfwi

Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu

Madam Chairperson, perhaps the Member could shorten his questions to get it clear.

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The Chair

The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Mr. Erasmus.

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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North

Which part does he want me to shorten?

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The Chair

The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Thank you. Mr. Kakfwi.

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Stephen Kakfwi

Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu

The preamble and the inquiry. Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Mr. Erasmus.

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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North

Thank you, Madam Chairperson. Perhaps now that he is not talking to those other two, he will be able to hear me. We had heard earlier, I am sure that the two groups of people that are going to be provided with programs in this project, the youth and the adult people, the way I understood it was that they would be in an overall single building with basically the youth in a separate wing but that would be connected. Are we now hearing that this may not actually be the case, that there would actually be two separate facilities but situated close enough so that the youth can participate in a gym that is probably in the larger facility for the adults?

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The Chair

The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Thank you. Mr. Kakfwi.

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Stephen Kakfwi

Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu

Madam Chairperson, we are going to build a young offenders facility for young male offenders. Instead of renovating the old Yellowknife Correctional Institute, we are going to build a new building. We believe that, in discussions with DPW, our officials, and our consultants, that we can build the two facilities in such a manner that they can be close together, whether they would be actually physically linked to each other or not. We will get into detailed planning of it very shortly. As I said, there is no actual design made yet, but we will proceed very shortly to do that. Members that wish to see the plans as we proceed will be welcome to have that information provided to them. That is what I have said yesterday and I think the day before. Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Kakfwi. Mr. Erasmus.

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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North

Thank you, Madam Chairperson. Could the Minister indicate where does the public come in, in this process? When does the public consultation occur to see whether the general public agrees that these two facilities should be either situated so closely together that they can use the same facilities or to be linked?

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The Chair

The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Thank you. Mr. Kakfwi.