Thank you. Member for Hay River South.
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Rocky Simpson Hay River South
Thank you, Madam Chair. That's good to see, that we've got a good amount of money going out to the communities. With respect to the projects, is there anything specific that works better than anything else in there? Thank you, Madam Chair.
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R.J. Simpson Hay River North
Thank you. Every community is different, and I think that's why we have this money distributed, because it's up to the communities to identify. Perhaps I can ask the deputy minister to provide some insight, as well.
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Doolittle
Thank you, Madam Chair. That's exactly correct. Each community, based on their own needs, will develop their own programming, but some of the programs that they do, of course, are diversions, very important; they support community service options; and then, crime prevention programs specific to their community needs. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Rocky Simpson Hay River South
Thank you, Madam Chair. With respect to victims assistance support projects, what percentage of that stays in Yellowknife and what percentage goes out to communities? Thank you.
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Bolstad
Thank you, Madam Chair. Of that amount, $220,000 goes to Yellowknife-based victim services workers. The remainder goes out to our other victim services organizations. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you. Are there any further questions under community justice and policing? Seeing none, please turn to page 275. Justice, community justice and policing, operations expenditure summary, 2021-2022 Main Estimates, $5,990,000. Does committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you, committee. We will now turn to corrections, beginning on page 278, with information items on 281. Questions to corrections? Member for Yellowknife North.
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Thank you, Madam Chair. Can I just get an update on when we expect the Corrections Act to be implemented?
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm glad to hear we're still on track. I look forward to that. I note there is not a huge increase in the corrections budget. Can I get an update on whether we expect an increase to corrections, both with bringing in the new Corrections Act, which requires a number of changes to the system, as well as bringing online the therapeutic model? I'm just wondering how we expect to do both of those things with the same budget. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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R.J. Simpson Hay River North
Thank you, Madam Chair. Of course, there have been a number of capital expenditures to bring NSCC up to the point where it can accommodate the therapeutic model. Those are expenditures into the millions, so a lot of money has been spent on that. The transition to the new Corrections Act will require additional training, and perhaps I can ask Ms. Bolstad for some details on how we expect to pay for that. Thank you.
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