Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I thank the Minister for his response. I am happy to hear that through the budget year 2004-05, and we're just coming to the end of that, the department was able to find internally the savings to account for the expenditures in terms of staffing at the North Slave Correctional Centre. So I'm happy to hear that.
Just two other things while I have the floor. I just wanted to mention Hay River and the remand unit in Hay River. I've been following this quite closely with some of the concerns that have been raised by Regular Members and Mrs. Groenewegen in particular, and I went through the Audit Bureau's presentation of the numbers and there is some concern there that maybe all the factors haven't been taken into consideration. For what it's worth, I think maybe we should hang on for a while and make sure that we are sure that their action would be a cost savings going into the future. So I'm supportive of the remand unit at SMCC and it staying there.
The other thing I wanted to mention -- and I know that the Minister was here the other day when we were talking about drugs and the impacts that they're having in all of our communities -- our facilities are becoming filled with people that are there because of crimes related to drugs. I believe there's a correlation between the crime rate and the amount of drugs that are being used. If you look at crack cocaine, folks that are addicted to crack cocaine will steal and end up in jail. Are we going to take a good, sober look at this issue and what are we going to do? What is the Department of Justice going to do in terms of the drug problem? I know it has to be a collaborative effort with the Department of Health and Social Services and Education, Culture and Employment, but what are our plans in dealing with the drug issue here in the Northwest Territories? Thank you.