Thank you, Mr. Chairman. About 10 years ago or so there was a report done, the Chalmers Report, called the “State of Emergency,” that did a scathing indictment of the current status of the addictions and mental health services of the day in the Northwest Territories. Based on that report there was literally tens of millions of dollars put into addictions and mental health, bringing them into the civil service, making them addictions workers and community wellness workers and mental health workers. There was a report done about four or five years after that, called “Stay the Course,” that recommended there be some changes, but for the most part the decision that was made way back was the right one. At the tail end of this Assembly there was another report that was done, given all the concerns and some of the issues being raised in the communities about how things are run. That report that’s been done in conjunction with communities and health boards has been built into
the transition plan and will be coming onto the table of the Cabinet and this Assembly with recommendations on how to move forward. If one of the recommendations is that there be an addictions centre built in the Northwest Territories, and of course that would be seriously considered by all of us, and then there would of course be the capital planning process that would kick into gear if that decision was made to see how and when we would be able to meet that particular need.