I like the last phrase the Minister said, which was he is prepared to be part of something that goes forward here. I am going to offer a quick pro quo to this particular subject. If the Minister is willing to do something, I will stop nagging about it every session. What I am asking for now is that he diverts some of that $6 million and develops a plan. Just because he shut down the detox centre, it didn’t shut down the issue. The people are suffering from these particular things. It didn’t just magically go away. The reality here is simply this: Would the Minister be willing to divert some of that focus of the $6 million he keeps talking about for drug treatment, to work on a plan to develop a detox centre here for Northerners so they can get residential treatment when we suffer from the drugs that I have talked about?
Robert Hawkins on Question 16-17(2): Addiction Treatment Options
In the Legislative Assembly on February 8th, 2012. See this statement in context.
Question 16-17(2): Addiction Treatment Options
Oral Questions
February 7th, 2012
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