Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The whole area of adequate police services is one that is always out there, certainly in the media at the community levels, and with non-government organizations working with social services on the front line. I personally don't see a tremendous part of the solution or a big part of the solution to violence and security issues as just simply hiring more police. There are many other factors that go into a safe and a secure society. I won't get into that right now, I don't think that would go anywhere. What I did want to do though is reflect on a report that was done by "G" Division about a year ago, Mr. Chairman, that suggested that the Northwest Territories "G" Division needed about another 27 officers to fulfill what it saw as its duties. The information provided around this budget says that we are going to see another 12. I figure in this day and age that is not bad if you can see a 50 percent requisition filled for something as expensive and as hard to come by as police officers. There are not a lot of these trained people out there. So I think we have done okay within the last year...
Bill Braden on Residential Tenancies Act
In the Legislative Assembly on March 26th, 2004. See this statement in context.
Residential Tenancies Act
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 26th, 2004
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