Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. (Translation) This is a very important issue we are talking about today. The communities should know about the hardships of drugs and alcohol. We have been talking about it for the past week. I feel that we should not just have to think about this for a week. We should always be thinking about issues like this. When they made me a chief of Fort Simpson about 20 years ago, the elders told me that alcohol creates great hardship.
My understanding is there are many people who understand alcohol problems. There are many people who have gotten away from using alcohol. These are things that people should be helping each other with. I feel many people know about a lot about this issue. We talked about it for a week. In my community they are doing something about this alcohol awareness week. Tomorrow there will be a feast in Fort Simpson. They are creating some activities in acknowledgement of this. People can learn things from people who work in this field. Elders are in the communities to be learned from also. Thank you.