Thank you. So that's a pretty big question. The puck has dropped so I will try and keep things short. But there are -- when we talk about crime and crime reduction, and I always say, you know, enforcement is just one part of it, and the department is responsible for enforcement but also looking at other ways to address those issues. So one program that has been running a few years, although, you know, interrupted with many of the events we have seen as a territory, is the Community Safety Officer Program. So that's one where it is not an enforcement unit. It is community members who work with individuals to help, I guess, avoid situations where the police might be involved. And it could be -- the thing that always sticks in my mind is just giving people a ride home from a party. If there's a woman, instead of having her walk home perhaps intoxicated, they might give her a ride. So those kind of little things in the community can go a long way. Of course, there's other departments who are involved with things like funding the Street Outreach Program. We talked just recently about integrated service delivery in the Department of EIA and how that can assist individuals stay out of the criminal justice system. We also provide funding for men's healing program to help prevent men from committing acts of intimate partner violence. So there are a number of ways. But the question is bigger than the Department of Justice. It is cross-departmental and going forward, like I've said before, we've added RCMP across the territory every year since I have been Minister. I think it's now time to look at how can we supplement the services they offer with some of those more social services by partnering with other organizations. There's nothing -- the business plan doesn't speak to that or the mains at this point, but that is the path that I'd like to see us go down. Thank you.
R.J. Simpson on Committee Motion 5-20(1): Tabled Document 93-20(1): Main Estimates 2024-2025, Deferral of Department - Executive and Indigenous Affairs, Carried
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Committee Motion 5-20(1): Tabled Document 93-20(1): Main Estimates 2024-2025, Deferral of Department - Executive and Indigenous Affairs, Carried
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