Thank you. Member for Kam Lake.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. So, Madam Chair, where do the -- like, is it out of this pocket of money then that dollars, for example, for support with housing people on release would come from? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of Justice.

Thank you. So it is to provide funding to people who are being released to reintegrate into their community. So that is one example of how the money could be used. Thank you.

Thank you. Member for Kam Lake.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, my understanding is that there are staff within Justice that will work with people to secure housing in order to step in and stop the cycle of corrections to homelessness back to corrections back to homelessness. And so if this is what is supporting people through that fund for housing and homelessness, I'm wondering how the $179,000 actually funds that process? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of Justice.

I'm sorry, if the Member could repeat the question; I didn't quite catch the end.

Can you repeat your question, Member for Kam Lake.

I can be way more specific. Thank you, Madam Chair. How much does it actually cost to reintegrate offenders into our communities in the Northwest Territories, because I'm not sure that $179,000 actually accomplishes what we're setting out to accomplish. Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of Justice.

Thank you, Madam Chair. That's a big question. I'm not sure if I can put a price tag on how much it costs to reintegrate an offender. There's the practical considerations of depending on where the person is going back to. So if you're going back to Sachs Harbour, things are going to be more costly than if you're going to somewhere like Fort Smith. And because we've had relatively low numbers and the program is still relatively new, I can't provide an average cost or anything like that to the Member yet. But I'd be happy to ensure that the department does that work so that the next time the department is up here, there could be more information for the Member. Thank you.

Thank you. Member for Kam Lake.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, my concern is that this funding pot here is not actually providing people with the -- or maybe, sorry, let me rephrase that. This funding pot is not providing the department with the tools that it needs in order to stop the cycle between homelessness and incarceration. And I understand that there's programming involved in that, it's not just housing, but I don't think that this funding pot actually helps people access stable housing. And so if it's simply housing that people are looking for -- what I'm -- okay. People are leaving our correctional facilities and they are going back to the street straight from there. If we have a team of people who are responsible for finding housing, is this enough money for Justice to be able to actually help people access that housing when they leave corrections?

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you. So for a while there, there was very few people going through the therapeutic community. I think there's four or five right now. And so these are relatively low numbers. This is not a fund for everyone who is incarcerated. It is only for those people going through the therapeutic community. And so far, we haven't seen indication that we need to increase it. But as we have more experience, we'll be able to make that determination. Thank you.

Thank you. Member for Kam Lake.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Is there a funding pot that supports people who are leaving incarceration from our other correctional facilities, for example, North Slave correctional centre here in Yellowknife? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of Justice.

Thank you. I'd like to hand it to the deputy minister.

Thank you. Deputy minister Doolittle.

Thank you. Member for Kam Lake.