Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I would like to bring up the issue of youth. Mr. Speaker, I mentioned a number of times, in this House and in committee meetings, the importance of programs that concern the youth. It is good to see that we have some programs that are taking the initiative of trying to address the problems that face us today concerning youth, in education and health. This government needs to do more. I would like to take the time to point out that there are people who, even though we are in times of financial restraint, are continuing to work for the youth.
In Inuvik, we have a group of people who are working on a youth centre project and they are doing the best they can in these times. They are looking at the youth as potential for the future and a way they can keep us moving ahead instead of being problems later on in life. It is that kind of initiative, Mr. Speaker, we need to take and we need to help them provide opportunities for the youth and not just in sports and activities, but in real programs that the youth can utilize to better educate themselves and be better contributors to the future of the Northwest Territories.
I think, we, as a government, should be starting to develop new ways to deal with these people in times of difficulty. I think in the next little bit and as we come up to the next time we start dealing with budgets, we should be focusing on these. Thank you.