Thank you, Mr. Roland. Supplementary, Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the Minister emphasizing, and I do believe the children do come first and I believe in the principle of uniting families is certainly the way we should go all the time. But, Mr. Speaker, treatment is a life-long process and I've heard from many people that a lot of folks fight substance abuse in the sense of they work towards day by day solving their problems. So when they get clean they still struggle, but they do meet this. So, Mr. Speaker, before we have a train wreck on this problem, can the Minister tell me if he will investigate the process about ensuring that we have some type of monitoring of substance-free abuse by parents who have the return of their children. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. The honourable Minister responsible for Health and Social Services, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the area of monitoring of home environment, again, is a case-by-case scenario. When a child and family services officer works with a case they take the necessary steps to ensure that the home is a safe environment to have the child returned to. Specifically for those families where addictions are involved, a number of things are taken. In most cases it is an agreement made between the child and family services staff member as well as the family members in coming up with a plan that would fit for reintegration. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Supplementary, Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Well, Mr. Speaker, I can tell the Minister that if the case was necessary, I would run into a burning building to save my kids, Mr. Speaker. So I don't think we're asking too much of these parents to maybe pee in a cup once a month to prove that they're clean, that we're not putting kids at risk. I don't think that's a big threshold to ask to ensure that they're safe. So, Mr. Speaker, I ask the Minister again in this way, would he take the lead initiative so that we take the case-by-case scenario out of this to ensure that these kids are safe? Would he lead this initiative by ensuring that all parents who have had substance abuse problems go through a process of ensuring and guaranteeing that they're clean? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, at the present time the court is the only place where the testing can be ordered and that process is from time to time put in place. As I stated earlier, for our side when we become involved as a family, we look at a number of initiatives, come up with a plan that works for the child as well as the family, and follow that through to the family being reunited. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Final Supplementary, Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I don't think I'm asking too much and I'm asking the Minister would he investigate this, because he could put it under powers of the director under section 21 of our Child and Family Protection Service Act. We have a duty of care. I'm asking the Minister once again, would he initiate this process so we don't have to have it written in the court document? Would he lead this initiative? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it isn't as straightforward as taking the stroke of a pen to change a law within a regulation. We have to take into consideration the rights of all people involved. Yes, the children come first in our work and ensuring they have a safe environment, but we also have rules that we have to apply and follow when it comes to dealing with individuals. In this case I will work with the department to see what options are there, but from all indications at this point we have a number of avenues we work with and it involves working with the family and coming to agreement with the family and from time to time that does include keeping a substance abuse situation free from the family environment. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Hay River South, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. The honourable Minister responsible for Health and Social Services, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in the area of recruitment and retention it has been a problem that we have been faced with for quite a few years, as well as other jurisdictions across Canada. We have worked with the Department of Human Resources and come up with a plan where they have brought people together, worked with our department in coming up with a recruitment team that deals specifically with attracting those in the nursing field as well as the other allied health services. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Supplementary, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, what I was looking for more is what do they actually do? Do they have a web page? Do they go to job shows and job fairs? Do they go out to colleges and universities? What do they actually do? I know they're there in the department. What do they do? Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, number one is to look at what resources we have available, what avenues we can use, when do we come in contact with potential employees out there and how do we attract them to the Northwest Territories. As well as provide information, as the Member has stated, through a number of avenues and media to inform those who are coming through our system or becoming aware of our situation in the Northwest Territories and may have interest, as well as what we've done internally within the Government of the Northwest Territories, and that is, for example, the guarantee offered to students from our Nurse Graduate Program as well as our Social Services Program, in that area to ensure that we can keep those

that we train here in the North to work here in the North. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Supplementary, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister as well if the past practice of signing bonuses for health care professionals is something that is still used. If not, why not? Also with regard to the success of the bursary program, I would like to know what kind of professions are covered by the Department of Health's bursary program. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the couple of questions there, the area of work that we have for our bursary program covers a number of areas to keep health professionals in the Northwest Territories or to attract those here as well. I believe we have that for the nursing field as well as for the physicians. In the area of the past system we had of bonuses, that was implemented for a short term. I do not believe that's in place today and it's something that we thought initially would attract people here and as well reward those for staying on in the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.