Thank you. I'm going to go back to Member of Range Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Is this kind of a one-time funding program, or is this something we can make further application to or expand upon given our -- I know we're over-policed per capita but it still seems like -- well, the residents that I speak to still have public safety concerns, significant ones. So this is an additional way to bolster our police services contract without expending our limited resources. It would be preferable to just paying more money. So is there more opportunity to expand this funding source so we can further expand our range of -- or our police presence in the community? Thank you.

Thank you. I'm going to go to Minister of Finance.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I do have some hopefully anticipated -- hopefully good news that in 2024-2025, we are expecting we will see in the main estimates an additional four positions coming under this program. Thank you.

Thank you. I'm going to go the Member from Range Lake.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from the Sahtu.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We all know there's an increasing drug crisis out in our communities and therefore requires more and more policing services and collaboration with concerned citizens and leaders. Is there further funding coming -- as you had mentioned there's four positions. Is there more funding in the area of joint Indigenous governments collaboration for policing strategy developments? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Minister of Finance.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So under the First Nations Policing Framework Agreement, there's not -- there's a desire, if possible, to recruit Indigenous police officers. But aside from that, this particular funding agreement doesn't necessarily speak to alternative forms of policing or alternative community supports. It's outside the scope of the supplementary appropriation but I'd suggest the Member might be interested in looking at what's happening in Fort Liard right now where I think there is a community policing initiative underway. Thank you.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Sahtu Member.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My other question is there -- is there a G-division agreement outside of this policing servicing? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Minister of Finance.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, there is another agreement that provides for RCMP services in the Northwest Territories. The single biggest difference is the cost ratio is 70/30 in favour of GNWT paying 70 percent and Public Service Canada 30. Thank you.

Thank you. I'm going to go back to the Member from the Sahtu.

Mr. Chair, I have no further questions. Thank you.

Thank you. I'm going to go to Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.

Thank you. I'm going to go to Minister of Finance.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, it is my understanding that the RCMP do the analysis and make the final determination on where officers should be located and what the operational needs are for those officers in those communities. For example, the example earlier of there being an officer based nominally in Yellowknife but assigned technically to Dettah or N'dilo. That said, Mr. Chair, I would note that there are community policing, again outside the scope of the supplementary appropriation, but there are community policing priorities that are issued every year that are prepared with the community and RCMP and the Department of Justice, and that may be somewhere that the Member or his colleague may want to start on that topic. Thank you.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from Inuvik Boot Lake. No further -- Member from YK Centre.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just wanted to follow up ever so briefly on that. It looks like we're missing a -- the Minister may have said it, but we got Aklavik, Dettah, Fort Good Hope, two in Fort Smith, one KDFN, one for Whati, and one for Fort McPherson. That gives us eight. Did we miss one, or is it actually eight members? That's the first question.

Thank you. We'll go to Minister of Finance.

I just quickly counted, Mr. Chair. I've got two in Smith, one in Simpson, one in McPherson, one in Fort Good Hope, one in Dettah/N'dilo, one in Aklavik, and I think I missed one in Whati. And I came to nine. Okay. Thank you.