(Translation) Thank you, Madam Speaker. We all know that when a person from our family and community dies it is a very difficult and confusing time. Unfortunately, there is a long-standing situation in my constituency that makes this time much worse. This situation I'm speaking of is the lack of morgues or designated facilities in northern communities. When a person dies, the body needs to be maintained at a special temperature to prevent the onset of decomposition.
Presently, there are no such facilities available in my constituency. I'm sure that this is the case in other communities as well. There are many times when the body has to be held while awaiting autopsy, planes and relatives to attend funerals. In this case, there are no temporary resting places set up in the communities and they are forced to use the community freezer or bury them right away.
Madam Speaker, this situation is not acceptable to my constituents. It is time that the Government of the Northwest Territories provide funding to set up the required facilities in our communities to make this difficult time for people less traumatic and restore some dignity to those who have died. Thank you, Madam Speaker.