Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to take the time to commend the current Social Services Minister for taking such decisive action in respect to abstention by alcohol and drug counsellors in the NWT. I believe it is critically important that alcohol and drug counsellors, in order to effectively assist Members and individuals in the Territories that are having problems with the abuse of alcohol or drugs, be leading the way by showing an example. I believe that abstaining from any drug or alcohol is the perfect way of showing an example. I would like to commend him for this decision, and I am sure it will be to the benefit of many of the people who are facing this problem in the NWT.
Jeannie Marie-Jewell on Counsellors' Abstention From Alcohol And Drugs
In the Legislative Assembly on December 13th, 1991. See this statement in context.
Counsellors' Abstention From Alcohol And Drugs
Item 3: Members' Statements
December 12th, 1991
Page 96
Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha
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