Mr. Chairman, for some reason I don't know why there has been consistent omission of the Kitikmeot region's support program systems. It is an issue that hasn't been focused on during the last four or five years. Unfortunately, we didn't deal with them when there were federal funds available. That's when we should have been on the mark and running with cost-shared programs.
We'll look at that particular need. I know right now, in terms of alcohol and drug treatment centres, most of them are centred around the southern Mackenzie area. Part of the reason that happened is there were a lot more people actively pursuing funding when the dollars were available from the federal government. This wasn't done in the Kitikmeot area. I know we have to address the outstanding issues. How we deal with it, I had hoped we would be able to discuss items like that at the Kitikmeot regional health meetings coming up very soon; in November.