Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I won't go into the whole avenue of all the people we have working right now in our communities. As far as alcohol and drug workers I know that as a government, it's not our job to try to do away with workers who are out there right now. I do have some concerns about this program. What curriculum is this going to be set up on? Where are you getting the baselines for setting up this curriculum? Is it a southern program that is particularly targeted to exactly what we are doing here? Are the prevention counsellors in the south that deal with the whole umbrella of mental health the way we are looking at doing it? Is it something we are doing strictly for the NWT? If we are going to be training somebody in the mental health area, what kind of training are we going to be giving somebody who is working at a community level right now, in alcohol or addictions counselling? What kind of training are we going to be giving them to now call them prevention workers under the umbrella of mental health? Is there a model in the south that we are looking at to design ours after or are we dealing with other programs that are already around and we are just going to call it something else because we want to give it our own brand name? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Paul Delorey on Bill 3: Appropriation Act, 2003-2004
In the Legislative Assembly on February 18th, 2003. See this statement in context.
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Bill 3: Appropriation Act, 2003-2004
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 17th, 2003
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