Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Once again I would like to congratulate the Tl'oondih and the Gwich'in for establishing the Tl'oondih treatment facility. I have stated in the past in this House that, unfortunately, it is not one of the healing centres or alcohol and drug treatment centres that has been financed by this government-rightly or wrongly. Our focus has been to try to support the institutions that we have financed at 100 per cent. Having said that Mr. Speaker, I think we have gone out of our way to try and assist the Tl'oondih camp in trying to support them in their initiatives which we feel are very beneficial. But one of the problems we have, Mr. Speaker, is the fact that we are trying to move away from core funding of all facilities. We are trying to move towards a per diem to make them more effective and make them more competitive in trying to establish a program so that individuals can feel that they are getting value for dollar. Providing core funding to Tl'oondih at this time would be contrary to our initiatives in trying to move away from core funding towards a per diem type financing Mr. Speaker. Thank you.
Kelvin Ng on Question 407-13(3): Core Funding For The Tl'oondih Healing Society
In the Legislative Assembly on October 7th, 1996. See this statement in context.
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Question 407-13(3): Core Funding For The Tl'oondih Healing Society
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 6th, 1996
Page 911
Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
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