Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister responsible for Health and Social Services. Mr. Speaker, recently I had an opportunity to see some young men who had just finished a rehabilitation program at the Rehab Centre in Hay River. They were very upset with some news they had received at the Northern Addictions Services Rehabilitation Centre which seemed to be on the verge of being closed. What they were saying was that there are thousands upon thousands of people who are addicted to alcohol and drugs in the Northwest Territories and that these rehabilitation centres are their lifeline back into the mainstream society and it seems as though every time they start to get their feet back under them somebody is trying to kick them back out and this is the way this move is being looked at. What I would like to know from the Minister is, if the Minister could give us an update on his department's efforts to close the Northern Addiction Services Rehabilitation Centre? Thank you.
Roy Erasmus on Question 220-13(7): Closure Of Northern Addictions Services
In the Legislative Assembly on July 26th, 1999. See this statement in context.
Question 220-13(7): Closure Of Northern Addictions Services
Item 6: Oral Questions
July 25th, 1999
Page 614
Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
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