Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, earlier I spoke about the issue of by-law enforcement and the escalating crime rates and prevention in the communities and it was hard to decipher which Minister is responsible and who I should direct my concerns and my questions to. This issue does not recognize lines between the Departments of Justice and MACA. I will direct my question to MACA, however, because it is my understanding that they are the funding source to the communities for the positions of by-law officers.

In light of the statistics that are coming out regarding crime and the escalating crime rates, what are he and his department doing to assist communities to enable them to hire by-law officers? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.