Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have come up with a draft integrated service delivery model, which includes a number of components. One of the components is a response of how we would propose to proceed in trying to address some of the issues identified with the addictions and mental health strategy. That particular draft document is currently with the Social Programs Committee and we are awaiting their feedback. Mr. Lafferty is a member of that committee. We would hope that once we get that feedback, we can make adjustments to the draft so that we can at some point in the very near future proceed to have that document prepared for Cabinet consideration. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the document that is currently before the Social Programs committee has with it time lines. There are a number of priorities and an extensive list of things we think has to be done. We have also tried to do some very preliminary costing, so it is going to be a question of priorities, but we definitely intend to proceed with all alacrity and dispatch, should we receive positive feedback from the committee and further support for some funding. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to ask this question to the lead Minister on the harmonization initiative. I believe that is Mr. Roger Allen, the Minister of the Housing Corporation.

This initiative has been in the works for quite some time now. I believe it was initiated in the 13th Assembly. It is a new initiative and we have not seen a lot of it. The document has been quite secretive and we have not seen any presentation to the committees. It has not been tabled. We have not been able to debate it in committee of the whole. I hear one of the Ministers mentioning it in the media that it is still in the works. However, we are not getting any information on it. This thing has been in the works now for over three years. I would like to ask the Minister if he could tell us what is going on with this initiative.

Mr. Speaker, this is a joint initiative between Housing and Education, Culture and Employment. My question was directed to Mr. Roger Allen.

Mr. Speaker, I ask that the question be deferred to Minister Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Some time was taken to work on this particular project following the February session. There was concern expressed by Members about the impact upon seniors and upon students, the financial impact that they would suffer as a result of the implementation of this policy. Hence, some time was taken to look at possible changes, possible alternatives. What has transpired is a submission to Cabinet. Cabinet has reviewed it and proceeded with it. We are now in the stages of informing Members on it. We sought to seek a briefing position and a briefing time with the Members, and we can certainly continue to do that, if Members are interested. We are preparing some documentation so that we can inform Members on this whole subject as to what we feel is the appropriate procedure now to implement this particular strategy. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, I am glad to hear that the Minister is now prepared, and I am assuming that some of the commitments that they were going to look at, developing a communication strategy and an action plan, have all been developed and that we are going to see these things shortly, and this presentation to the committee will be done during the life of this session.

I would like to know if he could tell us, what are the new target dates for implementation? We had seen a deferral to October 1st. Other than that, we really do not know, the people of the North do not know, what are the plans for implementing this?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, we took into consideration, of course, the issue that arose in the February session, and we took some time to consider it. What happened was that we were behind then, in terms of implementation. Now, our target date is April 1st, Mr. Speaker, so that we do have some time to bring about more communication to inform those who are in housing, those students who may be affected, those seniors who may be affected and, of course, we want to take the time to brief the Members of the House as well. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. One final question I would like to ask the Minister, if we can anticipate those plans being tabled during this session, or will we be waiting, should we expect them in the winter session in February?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We can certainly table the plans. I would like to brief the Members ahead of time, or by correspondence, whichever is desired by the committees, and we can certainly aim to table the information before we leave this particular session. Thank you.