Mr. Chair, it will be seen as to the urgency of the department. I do appreciate the Minister’s willingness to look at other regions; Tlicho. Mr. Krutko from the Mackenzie Delta stated that certainly Tl’oondih should be looked at again as a possibility. There’s another camp in Inuvik that should be looked at. I think the reason why I’m saying this, Mr. Chair, is that when the elders speak to you, they don’t speak to you for nothing. Some of the elders speak to you very clearly and you certainly know that when you listen to them, sometimes they go on and on, and sometimes you’re trying to catch the meaning of what they’re trying to say. Sometimes some of these elders talk to you very sternly when there are things they need to say to you. But they say it to you, they say it very firmly and they mean it very hard in the way that they’re speaking to you for a reason. I guess that’s why I’m saying these things here to the Minister, that these camps would be very beneficial.

I keep going back to Colville Lake where Mrs. Kochon, an elderly lady, wanted to have a bush camp in Colville Lake. She pleaded with me at Colville Lake, to see if the department could get a bush camp or a drug and alcohol camp out at Colville Lake. A very simple old lady that grew up on the land, knows the way of the land. She pleaded with me to say if it’s possible that they could have a camp like that in Colville Lake for her people in prevention. That was about four or five years ago. Today we still haven’t seen anything.

I know the Minister is working hard to get this in other regions. That’s why when you look at 14-4-2 -- 14 and a half staff for four clients for $2 million, you try to figure out where is the priority. Certainly we’re not seeing it and it’s not being demonstrated in these communities here. That’s why I’m asking

the Minister how serious is he and his department in looking at alternative ways, people like in Colville Lake with Mr. Kochon can say yes, we will do something. However, policies, regulations all fall to a different way of doing justice. That’s a justice that’s been in here that needs to be looked at. That’s all I’m saying on behalf of my people, Mr. Chair. That’s why I asked the Minister how seriously is his department looking at justice like the wilderness camps?

I do commend this department, the previous Minister and this Minister, for putting their necks on the line for programs like this. Thank you.