Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Premier. The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples report was released by the government. Already there is strong input and support from First Nations people that the government make a stand on this issue. The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples provides that aboriginal people in Canada are clearly disadvantaged compared with the average Canadian socially and economically. What is the Premier
going to do to change the status quo for aboriginals in the NWT and also, not using the excuse, there is no money?
The Tl'oondih Healing camp is the first aboriginal funded running healing program in Canada that addresses the special needs of families of first nation people. As I stated, the minister of social services stated that he cannot give any core funding to this project in light of the fact that the department has already, and continues to, fund similar facilities in the Northwest Territories. The question is to the Premier, what is he going to do in regards to the Royal Commission Report and also how is he going to deal with these issues?