Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would agree and it is troubling, obviously, that aboriginal people are overrepresented in our institutions. We have been working well with on-the-land programming. We continue to make efforts in our institutions. Members in committee will be aware that we have some what we believed to be culturally relevant programming at the institution. We made some change and improvements. We now have elders from many regions coming to the institution to work with inmates from those regions to talk about what went wrong, how they can make improvements, how they can make changes in their lives. We know these people are coming back to our communities. It makes sense to have them welcomed back to the communities after they've made amendments, Mr. Speaker. We will continue to work in the institutions to improve our programming and I will have more updates for the Members and for committee as we work in that fashion. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Brendan Bell on Question 132-15(5): Update On Wilderness Camp In The Sahtu Region
In the Legislative Assembly on October 18th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 132-15(5): Update On Wilderness Camp In The Sahtu Region
Question 132-15(5): Update On Wilderness Camp In The Sahtu Region
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