Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yesterday, we made a commitment to take clear action on this. Of course, the framework for action phase two or the action plan against family violence is going to be a key to it. Now, Mr. Speaker, we were discussing and debating this issue yesterday. I can say that there are a number of things underway right now. This framework will be the key piece of it. There are a number of things in there that we need to take into consideration. Of course, education awareness, training, legislation, showing leadership ourselves and so on are all key pieces of this one. But, Mr. Speaker, we will be discussing this with all the Ministers. Mr. Speaker, I want to talk about this with the other two northern Premiers as well, because this is not just a problem or an issue of the Northwest Territories; it is an issue right across the North. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Final supplementary, Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, during my training with working with victims in residential schools, I was told that sexual abuse is the most powerful type of all abuses to a human being. It is very powerful, Mr. Speaker, very scary and very shameful. So, Mr. Speaker, Members on this side of the House need to see the Premier's apology and his commitment to action, the amount of something that is concrete. Will the Premier make a commitment to this House, and to the victims of sexual abuse in the Northwest Territories today, that his government will implement a meaningful policy and service reform by the time this House sits again in February? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am very interested in getting on with action. I think there are things that we can be doing right now. Mr. Speaker, by February, we should have, or we will have, completed a

review of the programs we have, an initial assessment of what is and what isn't working, what resources we would need and hopefully be able to have some things that we can share with Members on some of the priority issues we have to take on and what some possible programs might be. But, Mr. Speaker, I am not sure I can commit today that we will have a full-blown program ready by February, but we will do everything we can, assess what we have, identify the main issues we want to tackle and some program areas we could take on. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, going back to my Member's statement on the concern of youth crime in the Northwest Territories and my support to the government bringing forward this safer community neighbourhoods act or bill, I would like to ask the Minister of Justice when will he start the public consultations and where will they take place? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Minister responsible for Justice, Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Those consultations will begin this month. As I have said, I hope to be able to come back to committee and Cabinet shortly with the results of those consultations, after listening to stakeholders in a number of communities. I don't have the proposed list of communities in front of me, Mr. Speaker, but I will certainly provide that information to the Members. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. Supplementary, Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am looking forward to the start of these consultations. If these consultations are being held in some of the larger communities, will the Minister commit, then, to bringing a couple of delegates from outlying communities to take part in these consultations? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Bell.

Yes, Mr. Speaker. Obviously, we won't be able to attend all communities in the North. We will have, I believe, regional consultations. I am sure we can bring interested stakeholders in from the smaller communities to those regional centres if that is how the consultations unfold. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. Supplementary, Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to thank the Minister for making that commitment. I think that was awfully big of him. I would like to ask the Minister, once this legislation is into law, who would enforce the legislation? Are we looking to starting up a territory of police service? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Bell.

No, Mr. Speaker. We would have an investigative unit of two or three bodies potentially. Of course, this is subject to consultation. We have to propose a model that we think would work, talk about how we think it would be structured. Obviously, there will be a lot of thought and input from various stakeholders, but we would have people who do administrative work compile some of the surveillance. But they would have to work very closely with the RCMP who are also, and obviously, already present in most of our communities; not all, but do travel and provide support in policing services in all of our communities. So the RCMP are critical in this. They will be integral to the success of this and we are working very closely with them. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. Final supplementary, Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister mentioned two or three investigators. Now, are these going to be in each community? Are they going to be based in Yellowknife? Are we looking at bringing on more people to fill these positions? Are we going to fill them from within the department if that is possible? There are lots of questions there, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Bell.

There are lots of questions with no definitive answers at this point. We are going to discuss options. Our preliminary thinking and in talking to the other jurisdictions that have similar legislation, I think they believe it is most successful to have people who were formerly police officers who understand the nature of surveillance who could have a good rapport and relationship with the RCMP. Members can imagine we want to be very careful not to disrupt ongoing investigations or surveillance the RCMP are conducting. So we need to work very closely with them and have to have people on our staff, or contractors, who the RCMP trusts and are able to cooperate with in order for this to be effective. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. Oral questions. The honourable Member for the Sahtu, Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are to the honourable Member, Mr. Floyd Roland, Minister of Health and Social Services. Mr. Speaker, I want to ask the Minister in terms of the long-term care facility in Deline for the Sahtu region. I wanted to ask the Minister if he is aware of some of the ongoings in terms of establishing and building a long-term care facility in the Sahtu region in the community of Deline. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. The honourable Minister responsible for Health and Social Services, Mr. Roland.