Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to assure the Member that the issue of children and family services is of very great importance to this government. We believe we have taken proactive measures, as a department, to address the issue of children who are at risk and do require to be put into care, either permanently or on a temporary basis.

As Members will remember from previous Sessions, we have taken the step of going out to the Child Welfare League of Canada to have a review done of the protocols and processes we have in place in the North for dealing with children who are at risk. We will be tabling that report here shortly. I am sure the Members will be very pleased at some of the recommendations. I will be looking for their support as we, as a government, try to find ways to re-profile and allocate more funds to the care of children. Certainly, I could not agree more that this is a major issue.