Thank you, Madam Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I could probably fairly quickly have the department identify those costs as well. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the department, as most Members are aware, is just about to bring an addictions and mental health framework to the standing committee. This is something that has been prepared in cooperation with the health and social services boards and a number of other agencies. We are hoping that this particular strategy, which will be complete with costing and an action plan, will help us identify a selection of alternatives for people who are wishing treatment for addictions. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Minister. Final supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the idea of a residential treatment centre in the North Slave is something that can be discussed. Our statistics and information indicate that there are numerous types of treatment and help for people with addictions that are successful and effective.

We need to consider, together with the Social Programs Committee, what the most beneficial expenditure of the resources we have is in addressing addictions. We feel that the 30 residential treatment beds we have here in the North now is, on a per capita basis, fairly substantial. There may be other options that are less expensive and equally as effective. Certainly, we are willing to discuss all alternatives. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Great Slave, Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Last Thursday, my colleague from Range Lake asked the Minister for Justice, the Honourable Jim Antoine, about parental leave benefits. At that time, the Minister advised the House that the government was looking very carefully at it and hopefully will make the necessary changes to accommodate this change in labour standards.

Since then, I, and I believe other Members, have received calls from constituents to see if there was more certainty to this. Can the Minister advise today, Mr. Speaker, will this government be bringing forward changes to complement the federal labour standards? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Justice, Mr. Antoine.

Mahsi, Mr. Antoine. Supplementary, Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the Minister for that recent bit of information. I am wondering if the Minister could then advise the House and the public, given our process and our procedure, when might enactment of that proposal become reality? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Justice, Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Antoine. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the role of the department is that we are the funding agency that provides funding to the municipalities, so that they themselves have good operation of both their water and sewer programs. We work in cooperation with the Department of Health and Social Services, who really is responsible for the water guidelines. We also work with Public Works and Services, who manages several water sources in the communities, if that answers the Member's question. Thank you.