Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, we started out about three years ago on a direction with alcohol and drugs and the Mental Health Strategy that saw us invest millions of dollars and dozens of positions at the community level to work with the issue of alcohol and drug, mental health and addictions, which are related issues and tie into a lot of the other work that's going on. We've added money into public health to put in public health units in the communities that don't have them. One of their jobs will be to work on the ground with pregnant mothers and families and children, along with the social workers and the mental health and wellness workers that are there to deal with some of these very basic issues. The rewrite of the Liquor Act, I believe, is going to be an asset. We're one of the few jurisdictions that actually label our bottles. The work we're doing with FASD is well through the part of the Canada Northwest Partnership and FASD is geared not only to treatment, but to prevention. We're working with Manitoba, Saskatchewan, B.C., the Yukon territory, and Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, as well as the federal government, on how we can do that more effectively, as well. I recognize we have yet to be as successful as we'd like and we're always looking at ways to do things better, but we are making what I think are some reasonable efforts in this very important area, as the Member has identified. Thank you.
Michael Miltenberger on Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 20th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 19th, 2006
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