Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Dogrib Addiction Strategy, For the Sake of Our Children, was a useful tool at identifying some of the needs amongst the Dogrib people. The Department of Health and Social Services did respond favourably to the strategy and committed to working with the Dogrib Community Services Board to find innovative solutions.
One of the interesting things that has transpired is that during the Treaty 11 regional meeting, $578,000 funding was committed to establish and implement the Dogrib Addiction Strategy. Also, the Department of Health and Social Services had sent a women's mobile treatment project as a pilot project for a three-week period, to Rae-Edzo under the Alternative Programming Initiative of our department. Mr. Speaker, this would provide valuable information on the success of this program, which the department could then use as we determine whether or not this was an effective way of dealing with particular gender specific addictions problems. There has been activity going on in the Member's riding with respect to addictions and we look forward to continuing to work with the Member on the addiction front. Thank you.