Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would be glad to touch briefly on the cost of sexually-transmitted infections, which run 10 to 15 times the national average. It costs this territory and many of the people, mostly the young ones between 15 and 29, a tremendous amount of money, pieces out of their lives and problems that affect us all. It is tied into HIV, hepatitis, gonorrhea, Chlamydia, the whole gamut, Mr. Speaker, so there is a huge cost. This is part of the initiative to help deal with that tidal wave of sexually-transmitted infections.
Mr. Speaker, specifically to the costs, we spent $735 on design. We printed 500 copies for $1,065, and we started sending them out the middle of last week: copies to MLAs, libraries, health centres and COs, community health offices, health centres, public health, hospitals, communities, NGOs, women shelters and groups, Native Women's Association, the Status of Women, BHP, Diavik, De Beers, and NWT aboriginal organizations. The work done on this was done in a collaborative effort with Health and Social Services, Education, Culture and Employment, the Status of Women, the Native Women's Association and the Dene Nation. Thank you.