Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I fully support the Minister's initiative in terms of getting a pool of northern nurses either in Yellowknife or in Inuvik or any other larger centre to work in our communities here. I think you're going in the right direction there. I'm fully supportive of that initiative.
Another one that I wanted to ask about is the smoking campaign. It's good to hear the numbers are going up. That campaign works because it got me. I want to see if we can do a similar program of that type with regard to the alcohol issue. It's an increase. I'm not much into building new facilities for any new treatment centres. We've got a lot of good existing facilities in the North and I believe that programs such as treatment centres or treatment programs can be done on the land, providing that there are good programs and well-trained workers. Because that's another issue that's quite a concern to people in looking at the stats on crime in the Northwest Territories and the high percentage of crimes that are contributed to the use of alcohol. I'd sure like to see the treatment centres go into the regions, if possible.
One more question, Mr. Chairman, and I'll be done. I want to ask the Minister if he has a cost in terms of having these agency nurses come into the North. What does it cost our government on a yearly basis? Thank you.