Thank you, Mr. Chair. It is hard not to pick up on whatever the last person was talking about. I have been trying to kind of work my way methodically through my issues, and I have a lot of issues. But it is hard not to pick up where another Member has left off. For example, Mr. Braden has raised some very good points. When the Minister says that the unused capacity at North Slave could not, in the foreseeable future, actually be utilized, and yet the six beds in remand in Hay River are historically over the past year, if there are six beds. I think it is actually 5.9, but far be it for me to correct the Minister on anything. I think it is actually 5.9 over the last year. So there is a facility. It is staffed right now. It is at capacity. It is working and yet the Minister refers to the unused capacity in the North Slave Correctional Centre, which goes to my point, Mr. Chair, of the fact that we have overbuilt in the North Slave Correctional Centre. Therefore, that is why the economies of scale come to play, and now this argument is made for consolidation and centralization of provision of these services here in Yellowknife. I want the Minister to speak to that. In fact, is this decision not based on the underutilized beds and facilities that have been built here in Yellowknife? Thank you.
Jane Groenewegen 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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