Mr. Speaker, my questions are to the Minister of Health and Social Services and I'd like to just follow up on my Member's statement. Mr. Speaker, I have in front of me a CBC report on Wednesday, February 8th, where there was a meeting in Inuvik of the people concerned about their community drug issues and they had invited Sally Ann and Crack Busters Program leaders to be there to speak. We're well aware of the problems we have in Yellowknife. My colleague from the Sahtu just told me recently that, in fact, they thought they had a drug dealer in their community and they just put him on the plane and sent him out of town. So this problem is prevalent everywhere and I think what I see is that there are a lot of NGOs and community groups that are doing real good work, whether it be Sally Ann, Tree of Peace, there's AA and Al-Anon that are running full tilt, Crack Busters Program, we have a transition home and the government has spent millions of extra dollars on mental health and wellness workers. But what I see lacking is something that we could do more by the government to tie this together and let it be known to the community about what's available and where to go for resources. Could I ask the Minister what his department is doing to make sure that this is happening? Thank you
Sandy Lee on Question 454-15(4): Access To Addictions Resources
In the Legislative Assembly on February 23rd, 2006. See this statement in context.
Question 454-15(4): Access To Addictions Resources
Item 7: Oral Questions
February 22nd, 2006
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