Thank you, Madam Chair. I'd like to thank the Minister and his staff for coming out to address items this afternoon. General comments, Madam Chair, I guess. I appreciate the inclusion of Sachs Harbour as part of the police services. We worked very hard for that. I'd like to thank my colleagues on this side here also. I think we've come a long way over the last three years and I hope we can continue to move forward and look at Colville Lake, Tsiigehtchic and Gameti, all those small communities that are without police services. I think that's one step that I think we've put our foot in the door now and we can move forward with that.
Just in regard to the corrections department, I guess, Madam Chair. It's unfortunate we have to spend so much money in corrections, I guess. Adult and young offenders, that's a lot of money we're expending that could be used otherwise. But that's the facts of life I guess we have to deal with.
Just in regard to the wilderness camps, I appreciate the department still trying to get these people who are in North Slave and South Slave correctional centres to go out and try to get some of these other programs that are available. It's up to these people to decide that and I'm glad to see that the department will continue to try to put funding into that, although, like I say, it's up to the individuals themselves.
Madam Chair, just a last comment I'd like to make is, you know, in our pre-budget consultation we heard about lack of funding for youth justice committees. I'm glad to see there is some money available for the department, for youth justice committees. I'm glad to see the department has been listening when we were travelling through the communities.
Just some general comments. I may have some questions in regard to detail later on. Thank you, Madam Chair.