Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As the Member noted, the government has agreed to maintain the court registries in Inuvik and Hay River.

The issue of training is certainly something that the government is prepared to invest in, but the problem we have been having, particularly in Inuvik, is even getting qualified applicants to bring in for entry-level positions and then to do that training. We are going to have to look for a way to deal with that. It has been a challenge, but I am confident that we will find some way to do that.

I appreciate the Member's remarks on the North Slave Correctional Centre. We are intending to keep moving forward with the plan and I will continue to update Members as it progresses.

On the Member's comments about community corrections and crime prevention and seeking more of a focus on crime prevention, the Government of the Northwest Territories Department of Justice supported the Wellness Coalition by having an RCMP work with them to help set their programs up here. That officer has also been to Inuvik and now is going to be stationed full time in the Sahtu to help work with communities in that area to try and develop this sort of approach. We are investing in that community-centred, community-driven, community-involvement type of approach to crime prevention and we are quite anxious to see that expanded.

We also work with communities to make sure that they are aware of the federal crime prevention program and that the funding is available to communities through that program.

I have to agree with the Member that it is appalling that the RCMP officers in the Northwest Territories have come under assault recently. It is quite shocking; I don't recall two incidents like we have had in the recent couple of weeks happening in the North for a long, long time.

In terms of why we can't have two RCMP officers in every community, we can. It's an issue of money and if this Legislative Assembly says that that is the priority, we can do it. I have already committed to this Assembly that I will be investigating the costs and bringing forward some paper for consideration by my colleagues and we will take a look at it through the business planning process. It is not the federal government that we have to go to. We pay 70 percent of the cost, so it is up to us to put that money forward and then negotiate the other side of it. We would have to negotiate with the federal government. We can't just say that we will come up with the money and they will automatically do it but, in general, I would think that if we came up with the money they would be hard-pressed not to come up with their portion.

I am corrected; the deputy minister tells me that they do have to come up with it. If this House votes for 70 percent, they will come up with the balance. It wouldn't be much of a negotiation. The issue then is with us finding the money to do it and that is certainly going to be an issue that we will have to work on.

I can't disagree with anything that the Member has said regarding the courthouse. She is right; one way or the other, it is going to cost us a lot of money, either in lease payments or in building it. I agree with her that the best investment is to build one. It is not a 20 or 30-year investment if we build it; it's the building that will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Supreme Court in 50 more years. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.