Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am very pleased to hear that a group has come together in the community of Iqaluit to fill the void that may exist if Tuvvik decides not to participate in this program any further.
Mr. Speaker, the former Minister and I have always said that -- and this government has supported this -- the people that are most concerned and want to see success in the alcohol and drug treatment program will rally to fill a void. I have every confidence that there will be no community in this territory that will not be served by an alcohol and drug counselling service if one decides to shut down. It is an important service, Mr. Speaker, that is needed.
In the community of Iqaluit, a group has met and has selected a board from which we have not yet received an official request for funding. In the community of Pangnirtung, we have not yet received confirmation that they have indeed rejected this clause. We have yet to receive that. The contract has gone over to BRC and has not yet been returned. I extended to them, or I left the door open, until the end of February, which ends tomorrow, that if they chose to support the sobriety clause they would sign this document. They have up until tomorrow to do that, and then I think the door will close. I will wait, then, for the response from the community, which I know will come.