Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Health and Social Services. It’s in regard to the number of children we have in care in the Northwest Territories. We have some 630 children in care at a cost of $15 million to this government. Out of those 630 children, some 570 are aboriginal children.
Knowing that in southern Canada — I mentioned the off-reserve number, which is 8,300 — there’s been a 65 per cent increase, I’d like to ask the Minister: in regard to this program being administered through the implementation of the Child and Family Services Act, what is the increase in numbers of children in care since the act came into place?