Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Cabinet is supportive of the initiative of putting health warning labels on the liquor containers in the Northwest Territories and will continue to do so. We've also taken the position to support the private Member's Bill C-222. The bill will not be reported back to the House of Commons prior to the summer recess. Instead, it will be considered as part of a much larger study that the standing committee has been planning to undertake regarding Canada's drug policy. They are developing a plan on how to deal with it.
To date, there's no plan, per se, on how the committee is going to carry out its comprehensive review of the national drug policy. It's possible the committee may agree to travel, and it could be invited to hearings in different parts of the country, including the Northwest Territories. This would provide an opportunity for us, the Government of the Northwest Territories, to provide additional input; not only about warning labels, but other aspects of drug and alcohol problems and programs in the Northwest Territories.
Upon learning of these developments, as the Minister of Safety and Public Services, I have written to the Minister of Health to initiate discussion regarding how we can best provide input into this process. Thank you.