I have three recommendations I'd like to bring forth. The federal justice department should be working with the communities on alternative programs. We all know that jails do not work, so don't build any more. Traditional programs could be piloted. There should be funding available for the NAWS III, because at NAWS II, as we all know, aboriginal women were empowered and realized it was possible for them, as a group, to come together and develop their own solutions to the problems facing aboriginal women, not only here in the Northwest Territories but across Canada.
I would also like to support Sandra in requesting that funding be reinstated for Sisters in Spirit, because the Native Women's Association of the NWT also worked with Sisters in Spirit, and we know that we need the data research done in the Northwest Territories. Our stats are not very accurate due to a lack of data here in the Northwest Territories.