Merci, Mr. Speaker. I would like to speak this morning about the issue of underage drinking in the NWT. It relates, Mr. Speaker, to problems that are arising from an unusual place, and that is the issuance of our temporary driver's licences.

It is well established that we are now going through a transition to a much more secure and up-to-date system of identification with our driver's licences. One of the consequences of this, Mr. Speaker, is that people are issued a temporary licence while the permanent one is being processed. It was brought to my attention by a constituent, Mr. Speaker, that the temporary licences which are issued are actually just a plain piece of paper with a photograph and some information on them. It has been discovered by underage persons that these are very easy to tamper with and have become quite popular as proof of age at liquor establishments. I understand that this is even going down into other parts of Canada, in fact as far as Vancouver.

Our temporary driver licences have become an issue with this kind of underage drinking. So where I would like to seek some more information, and I will do that at the appropriate time, Mr. Speaker, is are we aware of this problem? What are we doing to counteract it? Underage drinking, of course, is a very serious issue at every level of our society and in our communities. If there is something as inadvertent or unexpected as this may be, we still have to do something about this. As well, Mr. Speaker, we are in the process of going through a revision to our Liquor Act, and I will want to make sure that these provisions are well addressed as we go through this anticipated piece of legislation. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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