Thank you, Mr. Chair. I certainly can't speak for I think it was Minister Kakfwi at the time who proposed the facility at first. I can't speak for what his expectations were, nor for Minister Antoine who followed him, or Minister Allen, but the facility was built by the time I got the position. I don't think that anybody thought that there was going to be a moving of things around to justify the facility. I don't think that is what is happening. The South Mackenzie Correctional Centre is a good facility. It is well used. There has been no suggestion that we move the clients from that facility to any other facility to reduce costs or anything. We are talking about just changing the function of one small part of that facility that would, in fact, increase its capacity to hold general population clients in the future. It is not a situation where we are looking to, as a department, firmly move ahead and centralize the provision of correction services.
Charles Dent on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 7th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 6th, 2005
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