Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is another demand-driven area, but there has been a steady increase. The program review office, one of the tasks there that have been given is to look at these areas. One of the questions that has occurred in the past is, is there a sufficient capacity in the North or can the capacity be built in the North to have the facilities up here to repatriate those services. We put in facilities in Hay River, for example, to do that. Over the years, way back, Trailcross was built. There’s been other receiving homes built to try to repatriate services, the Territorial Treatment Centre up here and now we’ve done that with the thought that we would be able to minimize our reliance on southern placements, and that is the case for a period of time, but over time, as the statistics show, the demand creeps back up. So we’re looking at that area in terms of not only efficiencies, but is that a service when you look at the specific case requirements of all the individuals, adults and children, can we have and do we have the capacity to put the infrastructure in place, but also have the trained staff and keep that money in the North. Thank you.
Michael Miltenberger on Committee Motion 22-17(4): Concurrence Of Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 2011-2012, Carried
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Committee Motion 22-17(4): Concurrence Of Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 2011-2012, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
March 11th, 2013
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