Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask my questions to the Minister of Health in his capacity and his responsibilities as Minister of Health and not a fixer of everything. Mr. Speaker, I want to talk about the addiction and not necessarily just on the preventative measures, which is important as he has indicated, but I want to deal with the fixing side of it, which I believe the Minister is responsible for. Mr. Speaker, given the amount of problems we have with drug use and alcohol addiction, I really believe that we should be at the forefront, and we should have our own treatment centre and treatment program that should be used as an example around the world and the country. Nobody really knows what we have, Mr. Speaker.

This is the situation. The government is paying for maintenance and the mortgage of Somba K'e. The government is paying $600,000 to $800,000 a year for southern treatment. The government talks about strengthening their mental health and addiction workers. I tell you, this has been a complete disaster. The bureaucratic tape has made it so that this position has not been filled in many communities. Second of all, the clinic unit in Stanton is severely short staffed. They have talked to the administrative managers of the hospital about it. They are not recruiting. They have stopped their advertising. This is the kind of commitment the Minister has in terms of dealing with addiction. Could the Minister indicate why he is failing to even staff the division at the hospital? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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