Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, indeed. We are, at the Member's suggestion, working with an elder from Fort Good Hope, Charlie Tobac. We are having preliminary discussions with him. I have had staff go up to visit with Mr. Tobac at his home to discuss the model. As I have said, we are trying to be as flexible as possible and, if there have been unnecessary complications in the past, reduce those hurdles. I think that has been part of the problem. Typically, we would issue an RFP and see very little interest. We were expecting elders to provide programming and counselling on the land, be able to also operate a business at the same time, invoice the department to ensure they were paid, and have their own equipment and provisions and own a camp, essentially. I think this is probably unreasonable to expect that we would have a high degree of success with this type of model. We are working with Mr. Tobac to ensure we understand how we could roll out a successful model and make sure it is as smooth and easy as possible to get inmates on the land working with Mr. Tobac. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Brendan Bell on Question 307-15(4): Wilderness Camp Programs
In the Legislative Assembly on February 1st, 2006. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 307-15(4): Wilderness Camp Programs
Question 307-15(4): Wilderness Camp Programs
Item 6: Oral Questions
January 31st, 2006
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