Thank you, Minister Handley. Supplementary, Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Would the Minister commit, should the regulations not allow for bow hunting, to change the regulations to allow bow hunting for Mackenzie wood bison? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Minister responsible for Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Handley.

Mr. Speaker, with the approval of the Wildlife Management Committee in Fort Providence and Rae-Edzo, we would certainly look at that. I do not know if there are some other reasons why it would not be allowed, but certainly I would take that under consideration. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister Handley. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for North Slave, Mr. Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister responsible for Health and Social Services, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the department informs me that the feedback from the community with respect to the Women's Mobile Treatment Program has been very positive and that it meets the needs of the women in terms of not having to leave the community and can attend this while living in their own homes. Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister responsible for Health and Social Services, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I agree completely with the Member that this can be a family issue and where couples and families want to deal with this issue together, that is a very positive and productive choice. The female gender-specific mobile treatment program is to address women specifically. There also is a Youth Mobile Treatment Program which is being implemented.

As far as the issue of relapse and after care in the communities, as the Member knows, during the Dogrib Treaty 11 regional meeting held in April this year, a motion was passed to provide $578,000 for funding to establish the commitment to the Dogrib Addictions Strategy. Part of this money is for the training of drug and alcohol counsellors to work in the Dogrib communities. So hopefully they would be there to work with people who have taken treatment either in the South or at the territorial treatment centre at Nats'ejee K'eh. Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister responsible for Health and Social Services, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is the wish of the department to work in cooperation and in partnership with communities in finding community solutions to community issues and challenges. We are open to doing whatever is the most effective use of the resources that we have, which all Members in this House know are limited. We do not have unlimited resources.

The Women's Mobile Treatment Program and the youth one, we are told, are very effective. It is not that we want to get away from the residential treatment, but that is usually a 28 day program and it is fairly costly but it is not that we do not want to have that as one option.

We also want to look at other options so that we have a comprehensive selection of different types of treatment that community members could access that we would be looking to find what is the most effective use of our resources. Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Final supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Health and Social Services, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I cannot break it down in terms of clients, but under the women's program, the funding allocated is $500,000. Actually, I should clarify that. I am not sure if that is all for the mobile treatment part of it, but I can tell you that the Nats'ejee K'eh facility, the financial commitment there is $1.3 million per year to operate. I would have to find out for the Member exactly what the mobile women's and youth programs are costing this government.

Mr. Speaker, I just also want to say that I think that the people of the North Slave certainly know the priorities that their Member is committed to. Sometimes we listen to Members on the opposite side of the House and it seems like everything is a priority. I do thank the Member for raising this again, this very important issue of addictions, and I will undertake to get that additional information for him on the funding allocation.

Thank you, Madam Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Thebacha, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. The honourable Minister responsible for Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Handley.

Mr. Speaker, I have asked the Member to be patient. If I go and give you the key points and the highlights of my speech here today, possibly nobody will show up tomorrow. It is going to pre-empt the whole thing. I can assure him that my speech is prepared. I think it will be a very positive one. Just be patient and tomorrow you will see. Thank you.