Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have heard many times in this Assembly the issue of youth and the younger generation who are coming up. Mr. Speaker, I would like to commend the Inuvik Youth Centre Board and its coordinator for one year of working with the youth in the community of Inuvik. Their work has helped provide a place for the youth to gather, play games or learn new experiences from
one another. Without a youth centre or facility, we would have a lot more youth on the streets. As we know, in many northern communities, if they are not into going out travelling and hiking out on the land, then they are hanging around in the communities and with our extended sunlight hours in the summer, they have little else to do. Those people get involved with the youth at the community level who provide for time together and share experiences, as I said earlier.
But I have a concern with the youth centre in Inuvik. They worked this year and managed to keep the doors open with the help of many other organizations in the community. They are finding themselves in some difficulty right now because of lack of funding. As I said, we have spoken on many occasions, whether it is education or other things with the young, but if we do not go beyond saying things here, we have not done anything. Words are good inspiration, but we need to see action to get things done. I hope that while I am here, I can meet with different Ministers to find out if there is any funding available for programs for youth that the youth centre in Inuvik might be able to tie into and help keep the operation going to help the youth stay involved and believe in the things we are doing for them, not to get tired of just hearing us speak about it. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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