Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm not entirely certain which project the Member is referring to. I wasn't aware of specific research on that issue. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Ms. Green.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, in a letter the Minister sent in November in response to an oral question I asked, he said that there was a study called "An Initiative to Investigate Effectiveness of Emergency Protection Orders in the NWT." This is continued research funded by the Family Violence Initiative Fund administered by the RCMP National Crime Prevention Services. That's the project I'm referring to. I'm wondering if the Minister can give us any detail on when we're going to see the results of this, and what will happen with the results from a departmental perspective. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister.

Thank you. Frankly, I'm not aware of this research. However, if research is being conducted on this issue, I think we'd be prepared to share the results of that research with committee. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister. If the Minister needs time to flip through his briefing binder to find this type of information, just let me know. We can always take a recess, but I'll go back to Ms. Green. Ms. Green.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I'm not sure what the gap in information is here. I realize the Minister is busy and sees a lot of documents, but this is something that he described in a letter that was sent in November. If he could make a commitment to come back to us with more information on this study. As I say, the timing of the completion, what will happen with the results, that would be very helpful. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Green. Was that a tabled document? Do you have the name of that document?

The name of this document is Oral Question 10-18(3): Emergency Protection Orders, and it's dated November 23, 2017.

Thank you, Ms. Green. Is there anything further, Ms. Green?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. No, I don't have any additional questions on emergency protection orders. That's everything for now. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Green. Anything further from committee on community justice and policing? Mr. Vanthuyne.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm wondering if the department can take this opportunity to inform us how well the community policing plans have been going? Does everybody have current plans submitted to the department, and can they share with us, maybe, what some of the overarching concerns are that communities have with regard to policing, in particular those communities that do not have police situated right in their communities? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I understand that all NWT communities do have policing action plans. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister. Mr. Vanthuyne.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I also ask what are the communities' concerns stemming from those plans, and in particular, the communities that do not have police situated directly in their communities? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Vanthuyne. Further detail, Minister.

Yes. Certainly, Mr. Chair. I think that family violence is a concern of virtually all of the communities, and the communities that do not have detachments often have concerns about access to RCMP. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Vanthuyne.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The community governments having shared those plans around raising those concerns, what is the department doing to address those concerns? I appreciate there's a lot of work being done as it relates to overcoming family violence, but in particular the communities that have no police presence, is there a long-term vision to either have more visits and/or permanently situate RCMP in the communities? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Minister.

Yes, Mr. Chair, and those communities that do not actually have a detachment, of course, the communities work with the RCMP to ensure that there is police coverage. So there is police coverage throughout all of the communities in the Northwest Territories. I know that in one or two, McPherson in particular, the level of police visits has been increased because there's now a residence in that community. Well, of course, the RCMP complete their consultation with the community leaders before the policing action plan is established, so they do hear the concerns of the communities and address them. As I mentioned, one that always seems to come up is family violence; bootlegging is also often a concern, particularly in the more remote communities. Thank you, Mr. Chair.