Thank you. I have one question to the Minister here in terms of this page here. It’s health services contribution agreements funding, prevention and treatment. There are programs listed. I wanted to ask the Minister, I know she wrote to me about the National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program. We receive about, I say we, the Department of Health and Social Services receives about $375,000. Approximately $280,000 is allocated to southern addiction treatment options for aboriginal clients and I think that’s good to have that there. The remaining funds are used for focusing on addiction training in the communities and regions. Right now I’m hearing from my region that several of our aboriginal mental health workers are having some real issues with staying on with the job and working in the communities. I’m not too sure, that’s why I say there are lots of things that need to happen and I’m not too sure if it’s because of the authority now is under a government health authority. Before it used to be under a non-government agency. I’m just very concerned that we might lose about four good people in my region if things are not being looked at immediately. I want to make note of that under this section that lots of things that the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative, I don’t know if it’s an aboriginal tobacco control strategy, things like that. I just want to make note to the Minister that we need to pay attention to some of the things that are happening and I hope we can resolve some of these issues.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Ms. Lee.

Thank you. I have listened to him and I will follow up with him and see what we can do.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Moving on, committee, we’re on page 8-36, information item, work performed on behalf of others. Agreed?

Page 8-37, information item, work performed on behalf of others, continued. Agreed?

Page 8-38, work performed on behalf of others, continued. Agreed?

Page 8-39, information item, work performed on behalf of others, continued, $20.26 million. Agreed?

Thank you, committee. We will now return to page 8-7, department summary, operations expenditure summary, $325.825 million. Agreed?

Information item, infrastructure investment summary, page 8-8. We’ve done that already. Thank you, committee. So we’ve agreed on page 8-7, the operations expenditure summary. Does committee agree that this concludes the Department of Health and Social Services?

Thank you, committee. I’d like to thank the witnesses and the Minister and ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to escort the witnesses from the House. Mahsi. I’d like to call on Mr. Beaulieu.

Mr. Chairman, I wish to move that we report progress.

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I will rise and report progress.

Can I have the report of Committee of the Whole, please, Mr. Bromley?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Tabled Document 62-16(4), NWT Main Estimates, 2010-2011, and would like to report progress. I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Do we have a seconder? The honourable Member for Sahtu, Mr. Yakeleya.

---Carried

Item 23, third reading of bills. Mr. Clerk, orders of the day.

Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Accordingly, this House stands adjourned until Monday, February 8th , at 1:30 p.m.

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The House adjourned at 6:02 p.m.