Wendy Bisaro on Committee Motion 20-16(2) To Reinstate Funding In The Amount Of $265,000 In Contributions To Special Projects For Community Justice Activities (Committee Motion Carried)

In the Legislative Assembly on May 30th, 2008. See this statement in context.

Committee Motion 20-16(2) To Reinstate Funding In The Amount Of $265,000 In Contributions To Special Projects For Community Justice Activities (Committee Motion Carried)
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

May 29th, 2008

Wendy Bisaro Frame Lake

Thank you, Mr. Chair. At the risk of being repetitive, I want to state again that it has been stated that there hasn’t been a full uptake on these programming funds for Community Justice. And at the risk of being repetitive, I want to state that without a coordinator, it’s quite understandable that the funds haven’t been taken up.

A coordinator will allow communities to have some leadership, to give them some guidelines to follow. And to reiterate what's been said by the two previous speakers, we need to start dealing with justice issues at a community level as opposed to a territorial and on a court basis.

I think Community Justice committees are the way to go. Deleting this funding is only going to make it more difficult, not easier, for us to advance that program.

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Wendy Bisaro on Committee Motion 20-16(2) To Reinstate Funding In The Amount Of $265,000 In Contributions To Special Projects For Community Justice Activities (Committee Motion Carried)

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