Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, first of all, to the concern about the limited number of communities that are participating in the FAS/FAE screening tool pilot project, this is simply a pilot project where we are testing a screening tool.

The screening tool is used by nurses and physicians and it is being evaluated. It is working quite well so far and, of course, the idea is that if it is successful, it will be expanded to be in place in every community. However, because it is something that is new and requires training for staff to be able to use it appropriately, we are targeting it in these eight communities.

With respect to aboriginal involvement in departmental work on these, to inform the Member that aboriginal organizations are involved in a number of our steering committees, for example, the Native Women's Association has been a very strong partner with us on the FAS/FAE public education campaign.

At the departmental level, our focus tends to be on working with territorial-level organizations. We would rely on the regional boards to be working with the regional organizations and certainly encourage them to do so. In fact, on many of our boards there are dedicated seats on the health and social services boards for members of regional aboriginal organizations or local aboriginal governments.

The aboriginal organizations and aboriginal governments are very much involved, not only in the program consultation but also in the day-to-day governance of the system. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.