Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, firstly I'd like to commend my colleague from the Sahtu for his courage and strength of his statement.

Mr. Speaker, youth crime in the NWT is a real concern and it always has been a concern. It seems lately, Mr. Speaker, that it's getting worse. At a recent town meeting at Inuvik there were many people in attendance trying to come up with some solutions for youth crime and how we can prevent it. Mr. Speaker, one of the problems I think across the NWT is people will talk and talk and talk, but when it comes time to actually volunteer for something or try to get a program going you see some of the interest start to die.

Mr. Speaker, there's a group up in Inuvik who are having their first meeting tonight, Citizens on Patrol. They're a group of concerned citizens who want to make it their duty to go and patrol the streets of Inuvik and try to keep them as safe as possible. I commend this group. I wish them the best of luck. I encourage the people of Inuvik and across the Northwest Territories to volunteer for these type of groups.

I'm glad to see, Mr. Speaker, that the government is coming forward with a Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act. I'm looking forward to seeing the rollout of that. I would like to see, Mr. Speaker, and I've said it before, consequences for youth crime. Whether they be made to work; made to work, not asked to work. They should be made to work for elders, anything that we can get them to do. It has to be something that's mandatory. We're too soft right now, Mr. Speaker. We give them a choice when they can show up, when they can't show up. So I'm looking forward to the rollout of this act and do what I can to assist the Justice Minister in the

rollout of this act and I'm looking forward to seeing the contents of it. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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