Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My concern is in a similar area dealing with public legal services. I raised concerns at the last session and some of those concerns were addressed by the department to a certain extent. There are still many, many things that need to be done. This government is a government that creates laws and laws get broken or people get charged for breaking laws. If we have a public legal service that is designed to protect people's constitutional rights but we have a system that is ailing because of a lack of knowledge, as Mr. Miltenberger says, it is justice denied.
I understand there are under ten lawyers practicing in the family law section of the public legal services in the Northwest Territories and there is a significant backlog. People separating is one of the causes of family law. Our economy in the Northwest Territories is based on, for the most part, non-renewable resource development, which takes people out of their homes, out of their communities into the work environment for an extended period of time. That puts a lot of stress on the family, which will result in some family break-ups, putting more pressure on the legal aid system.
My understanding today, and I would like the Minister to confirm this, is that property issues are not covered under legal aid. Is that correct, Mr. Chairman?