Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am not involved in a social programs committee, but if I had to guess the kinds of areas where we need to intervene with children of that age, zero to kindergarten, I would imagine that we would need to intervene, educate and offer programs in the areas of nutrition, and with older children, certainly, advising them of the pit falls of alcoholism and intervention in the area of abuse of substances and also abuse in general. I am just trying to articulate a few that come to mind, but there is one area that I am curious about, that you do not hear much talk about, and I do not know if it is even politically correct to address, but we talk about the growing pressure on our social programs and we talk about the birth rate and the population growth rate in the Northwest Territories. What I am wondering is, is there any program or educational initiative in the Northwest Territories to deal with the issue of teenage pregnancy and the health and social issues of children bearing children?
Jane Groenewegen on Question 132-13(4): Allocation For Early Childhood Intervention
In the Legislative Assembly on January 27th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 132-13(4): Allocation For Early Childhood Intervention
Question 132-13(4): Allocation For Early Childhood Intervention
Item 7: Oral Questions
January 26th, 1997
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