Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Addictions have been a significant problem here in the North. I could speak at length about the problems and impacts it’s had in Yellowknife, but the truth is it really is a northern problem in all 33 of our communities. It’s a crying shame when you hear about this in our small communities like Tulita, Tuk, Wrigley, or even in Whati. Addictions, whether it’s drugs, gambling, alcohol, it steals the souls of good people whether they be young, families, communities – it destroys them.

My question to the Premier candidates is: What will you do as the Premier to commit to establishing an addictions treatment centre here in the North? Will you commit to a plan that sees action that an addictions treatment centre gets built within the mandate of this Assembly?