Thank you, Member. Minister.
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R.J. Simpson Hay River North
Thank you. EPOs can be done over the phone, so someone doesn't have to be physically present. I can ask, perhaps, Ms. Bolstad for some details on the monetary aspects of this. Thank you.
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Bolstad
Thank you, Madam Chair. We currently aren't aware of a funding increase need there that has been identified, but if there was one, they would be communicating with the community justice and policing division and would be raising that as part of the business planning process. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Katrina Nokleby Great Slave
Thank you, Madam Chair. Maybe the Minister can comment, then, on outreach to the YWCA to sort of feel this one out. I feel like this could potentially be an area where it won't be noticed until it's already being incurred by them. I'm not sure how far ahead they are at times in being able to come and say, "We see this as an uptick." They have a new ED; she's great. No comment there. Just curious to know what the department is doing to be proactive to reach out to all of their NGOs and the groups that they liaise with regarding the potential increase for domestic violence and intimate violence situations. Thank you.
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R.J. Simpson Hay River North
Thank you, Madam Chair. Perhaps I can ask the deputy minister to respond.
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Doolittle
Thank you, Madam Chair. We are in regular contact with our partners and our stakeholders on a regular basis, and particularly, in this case, the community justice and policing division would be with the YWCA. There is also a Department of Justice family violence working group that meets regularly and is actually going to take a look at the recent report that came out, study that, analyze it, and consider recommendations going forward. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Katrina Nokleby Great Slave
Thank you, Madam Chair. Just a comment that, yes, I think that's great. Perhaps it's just my own ignorance of how the Department of Justice works, but I think, in this area, when I was with the YWCA as a director, it just felt like this was one area where we could always be communicating more and more and really -- again, I am going to use my geology analogy -- mine them for their data and maybe being proactive to look at where trends are going. I think that they would be a good source for that. More of a comment. I'm done. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Steve Norn Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh
Thank you, Madam Chair. I was looking at page 276, community justice committees and projects. I used to deal with community justice committees way back in the day. My first question for the Minister is: how many community justice committees do we have in the NWT? Thank you.
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R.J. Simpson Hay River North
Thank you. I will ask the deputy minister for an exact figure. Thank you.
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Doolittle
Thank you, Madam Chair. So far, in 2021, we have 30 communities that access funding for community justice programs. We have three that have not, but we are in regular communication with them, encouraging discussion of tapping into this funding. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Steve Norn Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh
Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you for that answer. I kind of was going in this direction. I know that a lot of community justice committees and boards are really tough to staff. I would just ask the Minister: are there a lot of vacancies in the communities that we just mentioned? Thank you.
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Doolittle
Thank you, Madam Chair. We do have the 30 communities as mentioned that offer restorative justice programs and have active justice coordinators and/or community justice committees. I do take the point and understand the Member's point that volunteers in communities are often overtaxed with volunteering in the community. There will be some regular turnover and, perhaps, burnout, but communities, as we all know, stand up and volunteer quite heavily for their communities. We work with them to support them and do that. We do have 30. I understand that they are up and running, and we are working with the remaining three communities to try to support them to move in that direction. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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