Thank you, Mr. Chair. The department is participating with other social envelope departments right now, in developing a joint work plan to look at mental wellness courts or specialized courts in the Northwest Territories. We’re doing this under the authority of the Social Envelope Deputy Ministers Committee, looking at having a work plan by the end of this summer.

When the mental health and addictions action plan is tabled, we certainly have tried to reflect in there some of the interdepartmental work that needs to go on to address diversion, and how we make sure that there are services available so that if specialized courts are in place and people can be diverted from the corrections system, there are services that can support them. There are no new resources in this budget to reflect this work at this time. As we go forward with the planning and work plan, we would identify additional resources through the business planning process for the next fiscal year.