Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to focus on the need to link capital spending to service delivery standards in the communities. Mr. Speaker, Northerners have a right to fair and equitable access to services. Although it is not realistic to expect all services to be provided at the local level, it is fair to expect to have access to education, health care, policing services and addiction services. Alcohol and drug abuse has long been an epidemic in the North. We know about it and we know something needs to be done. The dollars have to follow the words. We need to focus on capital spending on facilities to support people who want to become sober and drug free. People are asking for these services, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if we really want to help solve a lot of the social problems in the territories, we have to help people get off drugs and alcohol. We need to spend some capital money on addictions facilities to support the work of the addiction workers. Mr. Speaker, our current practice of hiring an alcohol and drug counsellor in communities is, at best, a token gesture. Without providing any other support or facility programs, we are setting up both the counsellor and the addict for failure. The Premier and Ministers have said we have to quit smoking and drinking. It seems to me that the words and actions of the government do not match. Mr. Speaker, the government recently spent about $50 million creating a territorial jail. If even one-fifth of this was channeled to the prevention of addictions, we would have healthier Northerners. I do not think that the current process used to identify and choose capital projects puts enough of a priority on the health of the NWT residents. I would like to see changes in how projects are picked. The health and welfare of Northerners comes ahead of protecting and maintaining government facilities. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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