Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The committee is in strong support of the Mental Health and Addictions Action Plan; however, Members do feel that the portion allocated to this initiative and recommended the additional allocation of funding for the priorities in the action plan, and as I mentioned earlier, including but not limited to the detox facilities, after-care and enhanced mental health services. Also, to gain the judiciary’s confidence in the wellness courts, enhancements to existing mental health services will likely be required. Furthermore, this has been a big initiative of mine since joining the Assembly, and I’ve worked on it down to the point where we’re looking at addressing the Mental Health Act.

In the updated action plan for the addictions on mental health, 2014-2016, this committee, once again, is in strong support. We just want to make sure that there are sufficient funds available to address some of the needs of our mental health issues that we see in our communities across the Northwest Territories, and that is strongly supported by me and some of the committee members.

At this time, I would also just like to thank Members here for listening to recommendations made from the Standing Committee on Social Programs. We’ve been working on this ever since the beginning of the 17th Legislative Assembly, and

we’ve always looked at supporting initiatives and supporting work that government has done through motions and through questions and how we deal with things in the House. I’d just like to thank the Members here today for at least acknowledging that committee is making recommendations for allocations within this budget to some of our biggest issues across the Northwest Territories. I just want to say thank you to all the Members for allowing us to bring these up in the House today. I’m not sure if any other Members will speak to the motion.