Thank you, Madam Speaker. There is really nothing new in this approach and there is nothing that the Standing Committee on Finance wants to take credit for something that's a great new idea of ours. I think most of these ideas have been around. The government has put many of these ideas in place over the years. There was quite a successful experiment in Arviat. The Premier has talked many times about the need to have a community-based solution. We've heard Mr. Gargan talk about needing a more holistic approach. And I've heard most Members around this table talk about...We have to break down some of the bureaucratic barriers between departments.

Mr. Nerysoo, yesterday, gave fairly supportive comments on this particular approach. I think it's an approach that has worked, and it's an approach that has the flexibility to make it very applicable here in the Northwest Territories. I know, speaking for myself and for other Members of the Standing Committee on Finance, we really hope to see the government try this approach, and a beginning with this approach in the near future.

On the same subject, Madam Speaker, we're talking about early intervention for children. There was a study just completed by the University of Montreal and McGill University that studied 1,000 five-year-olds, and through this study, which took 10 years, they were able to identify amongst the five-year-olds those who had the most likelihood of becoming violent offenders, and that by putting them through a rehabilitation program they were able to change that pattern in 50 per cent of those who went through the program. So the success rate of intervening early, intervening aggressively is being proven. If there's one basic philosophy that comes from the Standing Committee on Finance -- and I've heard it many different ways from many Members -- it's that if we're to deal with the social problems in the Northwest Territories, in days of diminishing resources we really have to concentrate our efforts on young people. That is where the biggest pay-off will be, and that is the only place where we can even begin to try to undo the damage that is present now in society.

So I know in the government there is a lot of support for this approach. I know the Standing Committee on Finance appreciated the words and the support of the Ministers who were there today. We look forward to a very progressive next few weeks from the government as we pursue this objective. Thank you.

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