Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Health and Social Services and it's about the need for residential youth treatment, Mr. Speaker. The recent Chalmers report, I think it was called State of the Emergency, had maybe 29 recommendations. We are in the process of trying to implement the first number of those and obviously we don't have enough money to implement them all. I can accept that. Certainly one of the major recommendations was a need for residential youth treatment. Given that we've just come into some new health care funding, I am hoping that this will be considered a top priority. I recognize we will get a better bang for our buck if we focus on programs and services first, as opposed to bricks and mortar. But at some point, we can't avoid the obvious fact that we need a residential youth treatment centre in the North. Will the Minister consider this with the new dollars flowing from Ottawa? Thank you.
Brendan Bell on Question 65-14(6): Residential Alcohol And Drug Treatment For Youth
In the Legislative Assembly on February 20th, 2003. See this statement in context.
Question 65-14(6): Residential Alcohol And Drug Treatment For Youth
Item 7: Oral Questions
February 19th, 2003
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