Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, once again, we're aware of the committee's recommendation and we're going to be looking at responding to that. I would also, as I did in committee, point out that we have been dealing, even though it may not have had the label FASD, I would suggest for generations now that we are in the midst of it. We are becoming more aware of it. There's more and more effort being put into the research side. We're just heading down next Friday to meet with the Pacific Northwest FASD Partnership which is comprised of the three territories, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C. There's a research centre being set up in B.C. with a satellite research centre being set up in Edmonton with the intent of trying to better understand the pathology of FASD and how it exists, how you test for it, how we can do better in dealing with it.

Madam Chair, if we also accept the assumption that we've been dealing with this for generations, then the next assumption is that many of the people that we deal with as adults now in our correctional centres and those requiring assisted living, those who are having trouble finding and keeping gainful employment, possibly are suffering from that same affliction; not only the babies, not only the young children. We have a whole host of programs that we currently fund. We spend millions trying to find adequate placements for adults requiring assistance, as we do with children.

We are not moving towards testing of babies, as the Member indicated. The Yukon has taken that tack, but we are not advocating that. We attempt to deal with FASD in a number of ways and the most fundamental success is going to be, of course, on the prevention side when it comes to convincing pregnant mothers not to drink. Thank you.