Thank you, Mr. Speaker-elect. As everyone knows, issues around family violence are complex and that's why having a discussion is important. Blaming victims is unacceptable, but condemning perpetrators is not helpful. It's important to recognize and acknowledge the value of honour and respect whenever we talk about how we are going to address family violence. We need a comprehensive, holistic, family-centred approach. We do this with health services, so we should have this approach with family violence as well.

There are many services and support programs across the GNWT departments and we need to review all of those. The Tree of Peace has a program that helps men who have admitted to family violence. This is a program that's funded by Justice, and I think it's very helpful to deal with this issue.

We also are very aware of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls, and we have taken a lead role in dealing with this at a national level. We certainly support a national inquiry and we commend the Government of Canada for agreeing to host, to fund a full national inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women and have provided $40 million to do this.

We know the root causes of family violence are complex: historical trauma; intergenerational impacts of trauma; poverty; addictions; mental health; lower education attainment; unemployment; systemic development of indigenous people and specifically women and girls.

Our government has led the country in recognizing and respecting relationships with indigenous people and their government leaders, and we have responded to all the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's reports, and we have also developed a residential school curriculum. So, all of these things we contribute in a way to continuing to allow us to deal with this problem. Thank you, Speaker-elect.