Mahsi, Mr. Chair. I totally agree. This First Nations policing, it’s a different agreement than the police contract we have with the RCMP “G” Division. We currently have a 70/30 shared agreement, 52/48 agreement. So it is a big difference. As I stated, we’re currently in negotiations with the federal at that level and Mrs. Schofield is part of that and the ADM is also part of that. So those are the ongoing discussions that we’re currently having with the federal government and, of course, we’re pushing for whether it be more funding or resources that we desperately need here in the Northwest Territories, and I think we’re going to see some changes because it has been earmarked as our uniqueness and our northern perspective.
The Community Policing Program, that particular program is similar to special programs, of course. They want to have a pilot project program in early 2010 and the training is supposed to take place whether it be this summer or this fall and three of those officers will be in the Northwest Territories and it will be up to the RCMP “G” Division to allocate where those individuals will be, preferably with a detachment, I think. That’s our understanding from the RCMP “G” Division. So it is their call to say where they’re going to go.
So, Mr. Chair, those are the key areas of community policing. Mahsi.