Thank you, Madam Chairperson. I do not have the specifics of our review with me, but in terms of southern referrals there has been no upward trend. We have very, very few southern referrals, that is, people being referred out of the territories. There has been a slight drop overall in terms of the number of people that are being placed in treatment at NAS. In the early part of this year, there has been a fairly significant increase at Nats' ejee K'eh on the Hay River Reserve and there has been an increase into the Iqaluit centre. Recently, we have done an extensive amount of developmental work among the three Nunavut boards and that treatment centre and they have actually recently completed a full program with almost 100 percent occupancy, so it was a significant success. There has been no downturn in significant numbers in terms of people accessing treatment and no increase in terms of people leaving the territories for treatment. Thank you.
Mr. Ramsden on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 24th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 23rd, 1998
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