Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the issue of building a separate detoxification centre, another facility, is not high on the priority list at present. We have some services in terms of detoxification that are meeting the need, as far as I can see. At present, we have some other more pressing issues to deal with. It is something that we are aware of, but it is one of the issues where we have more problems than resources. When it comes to any kind of separate detoxification facility in Yellowknife, as the Member will notice, it is not in the capital plan. We have other issues; for example, in Yellowknife, the Yellowknife Association of Concerned Citizens for Seniors has a strong initiative for a dementia facility. We have dementia issues in every region and community where we have long-term care facilities, where we have to try to look at making some possible infrastructure adjustments to make them more user friendly for that type of clientele. So just on the infrastructure side, those are some areas that are very pressing. We have also a number of communities, one which comes to mind is Wekweti that doesn't have a nursing station, where we have communities that don't even have nursing stations. So we have a lot of issues. Detox is there, but there are other issues in the queue that are above that. Thank you.
Michael Miltenberger on Revert To Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 23rd, 2004. See this statement in context.
Revert To Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Revert To Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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