Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Health and Social Services, the Honourable Michael Miltenberger. I have been following, with great interest, the local newspaper coverage on addictions. I applaud the proactive approach taken by the RCMP and local community members to address this issue within Yellowknife. The action they are taking is far more productive than the horror stories I have heard on CBC radio about Saskatoon police driving drunk people out of town and leaving them to die.

Mr. Speaker, all this attention and action being taken by the community of Yellowknife to address the issues of addictions highlights the absence of a major player in this area: the territorial government. I would like to ask the Minister, since being elected as Minister of Health and Social Services, what concrete steps has the Minister taken to address additions in the Northwest Territories? Thank you.