Thank you, Member. Minister.

Mr. Chair, when I attended, myself, down in Hay River and had a tour, they described engaging with everything from businesses to local volunteer organizations, to provide both sort of placements and just involvement and to engage them so that they are aware of what the program is and what the opportunities to involve might be. That's not a very specific answer, and at this point, the reason it's not very specific is because some of the details of exactly who might be involved depends on the willingness of those partners to be involved. What I would suggest, Mr. Chair, is that I would commit to get back to the Member as those plans develop. When there is more of a list of it, if there are to be committed partners or a list of anticipated partners, I would commit to get that to the Member at that time. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Yellowknife Centre.

Thank you. I appreciate that answer, and I look forward to seeing the roll-out plan for fall of this year. When this money on offender reintegration is being spent, is any of it being spent on lining up housing for people who are coming out of the therapeutic community? Thank you.

Thank you, Member. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. At this point, that is an option. It is one of the possibilities. Again, it will depend on who specifically in the community is ultimately partnered and ultimately decides to be partnered; so not only on the end of the Department of Justice but from the community partners. This may well be an opportunity for partners in that community to offer some sort of housing reintegration, but at this point, I can't commit specifically other than to say that it's an option.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Yellowknife Centre.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Nothing further.

Thank you. Member for Kam Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Let me know if this is not the correct place to ask this question, but I'm wondering if the Minister can speak to if there is a budget for professional leadership development for corrections officers within our correctional facilities. Does it fall under this page? Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.

Thank you for that, Member. I am not quite sure, but, Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I know there is a budget for leadership training and for corrections training generally, and I think it probably does fall within this area, so I will leave it to the Member for her next question. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Kam Lake.

Okay. It does fall under here, but we are not entirely sure where. Maybe that would be under compensation and benefits? I am going to take a guess. There is a bit of an increase there, but I think it is from UNW forced growth. I am wondering if there is an increase, for this fiscal year, of leadership professional development training for corrections officers. Thank you.

Thank you, Member. Minister.

Mr. Chair, sorry, and I am sorry for the hesitancy earlier. It depends a bit on what part the Member is asking for. Training funding comes both under the contracts for the people providing it as well as travel, for example. As far as an increase this year, there is not a detailed increase. There is no specific increase. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Kam Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. There are a number of people who work within corrections facilities who are not necessarily corrections officers, so I am wondering if there is any kind of professional development fund for people who are not corrections officers, who may require safety training because they work within the facility? Our corrections officers undergo six to eight weeks of training for safety and how to do their job, so other people who may come into contact with inmates, is there any kind of professional development training for those people? Thank you.

Thank you, Member. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Any individuals who are coming into the facility have access to a variety of GNWT training programs. If there are specific individuals from outside of the correctional service, so for example if they are staff within the health department, Mr. Chair, I may not be best placed to speak to what specific training they have or have not received. I think perhaps I would commit to getting the Member a breakdown, perhaps by who comes into the facility. There was one specific item I was looking for. The Member had mentioned about leadership. Corrections is currently developing a leadership course for their supervisors and their managers that is, as I say, right now under development, under the expectations that it will delivered in 2020 and 2021. To the extent that we have better management and supervising within the corrections facilities, that will be no doubt to the benefit of all GNWT staff who enter into the premises. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Kam Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Minister did set up a very helpful tour for a lot of Members, at the North Slave Correctional Facility, that a lot of us did partake in, and it was really nice to have the opportunity during that visit to meet with the facility's traditional counsellor who is employed there. I am wondering, because a lot of inmates in the Northwest Territories are also on a healing journey when they are in our correctional facilities, does the traditional counsel have their own budget line item for cultural activities within the facilities? Thank you

Thank you, Member. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. There is not a specific line item for cultural activities within the facility. That said, it is very much considered to be a core part of the services that are provided by corrections in the Northwest Territories, starting from the point when somebody enters the facility through to the kinds of programming that are provided, as well as, for example, even the structure of the buildings themselves. The new facility that is in Fort Smith, Mr. Chair, has considered better integrating a land-based approach, even within the facility itself, even within the construction of the grounds of the facility. It is not a line item, but it is a consideration at all stages and in all types of planning that are undertaken for corrections. Thank you, Mr. Chair.