Mr. Speaker, the Domestic Family Violence Treatment Option Court Program has been developed through the court proceedings and it has the involvement of a chief judge, Chief Judge Gorin, Judge Gagnon. The Department of Justice, my department, is working closely with them. The Public Prosecution of Canada, the RCMP and the defence bar are the parties that are involved in developing this program. The program will be delivered here in Yellowknife, working closely with the offenders and also the low-risk offenders.

Mr. Speaker, we feel that this is a great opportunity to work within the court system that will provide some sort of a preventive measure. Those individuals that are going through the court proceedings, certainly we don’t want them to come back to face those crimes again. Again, this is just one of those programs that we’re going to be rolling out this month and we’re looking forward to successful results, based on the discussions that we’ve had.