Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can commit to get as much detail as the Member requests, because we do have a Mackenzie Valley corridor study that was done. Of course, there would the final document, but there is a corridor that was selected and picked out. I can share that with the Member once I get it, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Monfwi, Mr. Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the issue of ground ambulance services in our communities is something that has come up on a number of occasions in this Assembly. In fact, we have, along with the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, been working on how we can improve the services more consistently across our communities. Right now, we have a number of different avenues of trying to address that issue. In some communities in our health centres, they do have vehicles that can be used for ambulances. In other communities, we have contracts in place with either the aboriginal government, the community, band, or a development corporation to supply a vehicle on an as-needed basis or in communities, for example, here in Yellowknife or a number of other communities through their municipalities. So we have a number of areas we work with communities on. The actual criteria, I will have to get that information for the Member. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in isolated communities, dealing with the lives in our hands, escorting patients to the airstrip and transporting patients in an older vehicle does not make sense. There is a real essential need for updated vehicles in the community. I understand where the department may be working with the local community government whether it be a contract issue, but at the same time, those vehicles are always busy as well. If there is an emergency, then there will be a crisis in the community. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister, given the outdated ambulance service vehicle in Gameti -- the vehicle that I am specifically talking about is 10-plus years old, what is the department's plan with respect to replacing this vehicle with a new standard to date? Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Member is correct; in Gameti, the vehicle there is an older one. It does belong to the Tlicho Nation in Gameti. That is who we have our contract with or it is on a case-by-case basis that we use that vehicle. We are sitting down to formally go over the contract. At that time, we can stipulate the type of vehicle we would like and, in fact, when an emergency is in place, request that we get first use of that. That is part of the language that can go into a contract. So we will look at that area. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Final supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the Minister for his remarks on the ongoing discussion with the Tlicho Nation, especially specifically with the Gameti Community Government on the contract discussion. I would like to share from the Minister, when can we expect to see some changes in the community of Gameti with respect to the contract that he has outlined? Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I don't have an actual timeline, but I will get a hold of the department and get that information and provide it to the Member. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Justice, the Honourable Brendan Bell. I would like to ask the Minister as he is aware that the pilot project has been initiated by his department with the Monfwi and the Sahtu region in terms of justices on the land and the land wilderness program. I want to ask the Minister if he will update the people in the Sahtu and the Northwest Territories as to this wilderness camp program that is used by an elder that has spoken about in my Member's statement about the respect for elders and the use for them in our today's society. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can advise the House and the Member that the project is going forward and is under way now as we speak, I understand. It took us some time this season to get this off the ground. We had a very successful response last year. It worked very well. The inmates were involved and I think highly valued the experience. So we had some great feedback. I very much want to conduct it again this year. We had some difficulty finding prospective clients, Mr. Speaker, but we have been able to do that now, I understand, and are moving forward. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. Supplementary, Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the elders have given us some direction in terms of how to correct things in our life, and by taking us out on the land is one powerful way the teachers have given us. We should try to use this type of philosophy and belief into today's society such as the institution of corrections. I will ask the Minister in terms of how much flexibility can he give in terms of encouraging the inmates who are in these institutions to take advantage of going on the land? I know sometimes policy prevents us. Regulations bar us from going into these types of healing programs. Can the Minister meet with the community, meet with his officials to say let's make this the goal. It is, again, strong, forward thinking and good leadership on behalf of his department to make it happen in the views of the aboriginal people. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to let the Member know, and Members of the House know, that philosophically we absolutely agree that where we can, it makes a lot of sense to have inmates on the land healing, Mr. Speaker, at times making amends to the community that they may have wronged. I think that's an important part of reintegration eventually into the community, so this is very important. We do have to be flexible, but we have to recognize that there are a couple of criteria that are important: The inmates in the institution have to want to and be prepared to go out on the land; and, two, they have to be a suitable security risk both to themselves and to the camp operators. When those criteria, Mr. Speaker, are met, I think it's in all of our interests to do what we can to get these people out on the land.

It has been a very good program. It is one that we want to replicate in other regions. We are working very closely in the Tlicho region to try to do similar. I think it will be well received there, as well, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I certainly have given my support to the Minister in terms of his initiative and getting his department to undertake this huge, historical groundbreaking initiative such as putting inmates on the land. However, I would like to ask the Minister again to look at the program in terms of the aftercare programs. Inmates who are in these institutions, a lot of them have contributed to the alcohol abuse. It has contributed to their crimes and that's why they're in the institutions. I'd like to ask the Minister if he would support a strong aftercare program, wilderness program. I think inmates do want to go providing that there is opportunity for them to attend. So again I would like to ask the Minister that question. Thank you.