Thank you, Mr. Chair. In the Northwest Territories, the RCMP is responsible for transporting prisoners on remand. They often tell you that they try and do it in the most economic way possible. What they will typically do is if they have a member who is going to be traveling, for instance, to Yellowknife for training or administrative purposes, they will have that member accompany the person who is being transported, or to another community. They may come to and from that community. The six-person relief units that we have funded over the course of the last year are to help ensure that prisoner transport can happen without reducing the complement in a community when they can't be spared from a community. So the RCMP, right now, has taken on the responsibility for this function. They tell us that they do it in the most economic way possible. There are times that I have no doubt they wind up paying overtime on occasion. They will, on occasion, have to pay per diems. So, yes, there are some times those extra costs that have to take place. That happens now. The RCMP looked at the proposal and has advised us that it doesn't see the changes as increasing its cost to provide the service. That is basically what we have gone on. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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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