Thank you, Mr. Speaker. From October 23
rd to 25
th last week, we had
gathered 50 people, 60 people in Fort Simpson to look at the development of an on-the-land youth treatment program. We need to be able to get that information and we’ve hired an individual specifically to develop that program. We need to look at what the youth had to say, how they see the program developing.
Now, I have to say that when we were travelling in the Sahtu, the people over there certainly want to see not only the youth go out on the land but the elders and the youth together to go out on the land for treatment. I’ve seen that in my own riding as well. So we kind of have a general idea of what on-the-land treatment with youth and on-the-land treatment is going to look like. So, certainly, we could end up with that type of treatment.