Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, am going to support the motion put forward mainly because Tuk is so close to Inuvik and we do have an ice road that goes back and forth. It's 180 kilometres and it's very close, and also the airlines that travel. A lot of people might think that Sachs Harbour and Holman and Paulatuk are a long ways from reaching the drugs, but they do get drugs that fly in, also. So in my travels, when I went to my riding in Nunakput early in January, you know, people were telling me, even in Sachs, the young people are into the drugs. Where do they get it from? It's the dealers that come from the South.
I know this, too, from the fact because in Tuktoyaktuk the RCMP know who the drug dealers are, but they can't do anything with them unless they are actually caught doing the selling of it and we've got to stop that now. Our young people are important to us. They're the ones who are going to be sitting here down the road as we go on, and I hope that we can respect their wishes that they live in a safe lifestyle.
Just in closing, Mr. Speaker, like I say, I'm in support of the motion. The Minister indicated that he has a heart. He's got to listen to what this side is saying. Open up or reopen those facilities in Inuvik and Yellowknife. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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