Thank you, committee members. Recommendation 31. More effective treatment is required for people with addictions who have been convicted of criminal activity. Jails are clearly not addressing the problem. Incarceration is no substitute for rehabilitation. Community-oriented solutions should be encouraged. One such approach is the use of healing, bush and youth camps. A number of these projects are just getting started. They are helping people to take greater control over their lives by teaching them how to live on the land. These camps also involve respected elders and other local residents as counsellors.

Land-based programs for the treatment of people with addictions, and as an alternative to imprisonment, must be established.

Thank you. Your motion is in order. To the motion.

Question.

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Motion is carried.

---Carried

Thank you, committee. Recommendation 32. The government should carefully consider the social costs of gambling as it reviews the lottery systems that have been proposed in the north. The objective should be to reduce rather than to increase gambling opportunities. Current gaming laws and regulations should be reviewed to ensure that the social costs associated with gambling are minimized.

Local initiatives to reduce the negative effects of gambling on the community must be supported.

Thank you. Your motion is in order. To the motion.

Question.

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Are there any further comments? Mr. Dent.

Closing Remarks

Thank you. I would like to get a copy of that motion. Your motion is in order. To the motion.

Question.

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Motion is carried.

---Carried

Does this committee agree that the Special Committee on Health and Social Services Committee Report 1-12(4), is concluded?

Agreed.

---Agreed

Thank you. What does the committee wish to do next? Member for Thebacha.

Mr. Chairman, since the Minister of Health is not available, we will continue with the departmental budgets and we will start with Social Services. Thank you.

Agreed.

---Agreed

Bill 1, Appropriation Act, No. 1, 1994-95

Committee Report 3-12(4), Review Of The 1994-95 Capital Estimates

Thank you. Would the Minister of Social Services like to make opening remarks?

Department Of Social Services, Introductory Remarks

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am pleased to present the Department of Social Services 1994-95 capital estimates which include 12 projects totalling approximately $3.8 million. The major thrust of the department for the coming year are: in family and children's services, to commence planning for a group home to be constructed in Hay River in 1996-97; in community and family support services, to build group homes for the handicapped in Rankin Inlet and Inuvik.

The remainder of the budget is for renovations to existing facilities, purchase of minor furniture and equipment and planning and design for new facilities.

As you know, the federal government recently cancelled its rural and native housing program which provides cost-sharing

for elders' facilities. Efforts are now under way to identify alternate means of funding these facilities in the future.

Since these capital estimates were presented to the Standing Committee on Finance, a decision has been made to defer the elders' facility for Fort Resolution for one year until 1995-96. This will allow for continued negotiations with the federal government on cost-sharing. This reduces the 1994-95 budget by $827,000.

This concludes my opening remarks, Mr. Chairman. I will be happy to answer any questions that Members may have. Thank you.

Thank you. Does the Standing Committee on Finance have opening remarks? Mr. Ng.

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