[Translation] Thank you. This issue is a big one. When we talk about addictions for the Northwest Territories, we have this issue in all of the 33 communities. They are our relatives. How can we help them? Sometimes, even though they talk to us about their issues, we don't know how to help them. There are a lot of issues and concerns about treatment centres. We did have treatment centres at one time, and they closed.

We also talk about aftercare programs, and we don't have enough of that. Once people come back from treatment, they don't know how to be helped, even though they were in treatment for a whole month. They return back to their communities, and the pressure of friends and family is really strong, and they go back to their old ways. We need to have an aftercare program for them, programs for them in the community. I think we need to have everything in place for them once they return from their treatment.

When I made my speech, my Premier's speech, I mentioned about working with elders and on the land. Bringing the youth out on the land is an important one. We also look at homelessness, people who don't have any housing, and some of them have addictions. If we work with the elders, we take them on the land, they are the most skilled people that you can think of, when you take them out on the land, and they are the happiest when they are out on the land. They are respected on the land, because they know the skills.

Once they return from the south, they don't have an aftercare program. I think we need to review this whole issue of addictions and how we can help our people, especially the idea of on-the-land programs. A lot of young people are sleeping on the streets. Let's pick them up. Some of these people are the most skilled on the land. I have a lot of people who live on the street, myself. Fifteen years ago, we never heard of anyone being homeless, but now, today, a lot of the issues, we can see that. It's visible in the community.

I want to bring my people back home, because they are the most skilled on the land. Because of their addiction, either drugs or alcohol, it's stronger, and they have no housing, as well. As a government, I think we need to take a look at this. With the elders' advice, we can create an on-the-land program to help our people. Even in the Sahtu region, they have a justice program that is working. We tried it; it's a pilot project. It was running very well at one time, and when the government changed, that program changed, as well. We can review that program again, and I'd like to thank the MLA from Inuvik for asking that question. Masi. [End of translation]