Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, one of the best crime-prevention strategies is a good education and a healthy community. Those are certainly things that this government has put as high priorities and that we are working on. Those areas are seen as crucial for reducing crime. Programs like the ones where the RCMP work with young people in schools to try and reduce the amount of violence that we are seeing in schools and help kids understand better ways to deal with their problems. Those are certainly areas in which we are supportive. It is not just in Yellowknife that you see RCMP in the schools. Every community that I have gone into that has RCMP...I talked to the officers, and they all tell me that they try and spend as much time as possible in the schools because they see that as being a very positive way to reduce crime in the long run.
Charles Dent on Question 529-15(3): High Rate Of Crime
In the Legislative Assembly on March 3rd, 2005. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 529-15(3): High Rate Of Crime
Question 529-15(3): High Rate Of Crime
Item 7: Oral Questions
March 2nd, 2005
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