That’s good, Mr. Chairman. This is what I had the idea that it was going to provide service in those areas, places that were just
mentioned by the Minister, and what happens in that case is the majority of that treatment and that care is provided to people, and I recognize that people from all the small communities also end up here in Yellowknife, but it is provided to the folks, most of the folks here in YK.
There’s really nothing more that I can add other than it’s good to see that if they’re going to look at something like this in the future to shift away from this type of care that they have in place now, that doesn’t really seem to be effective to maybe trying something different at the community level, I think that would have many positive aspects to it, even right into the economy of a small community in the sense of jobs and retaining some of the money there, having them deal with their own addiction issues in the community and trying to address those at the community level. Like I said, it appears as though on-the-land treatment is something that many of the Aboriginal MLAs in here have been asking for and something that I think the department has to really take a serious look at. Thank you.