Mr. Speaker, obviously we're going to have to disagree. I've been around the healthcare system for a while; I've had an opportunity to talk to health practitioners throughout the Northwest Territories, across this country, around the world, there's no question that alcohol and addictions have a huge impact on healthcare and the health results of people across the Northwest Territories, the country and the world. I'm not denying that. I'm saying investing a significant amount of money to go out and determine why every resident of the Northwest Territories is sick and whether or not their condition was preventable if they did not drink is not good value for money.
We have acute care needs. We know there's a huge problem with mental health and addictions in the Northwest Territories. We've got the results from the Mental Health and Addictions Forum led by the-- ordered by the previous Minister of Health and Social Services. We're doing our work on the Mental Health and Addictions Framework. We've got our reporting mechanisms on the key factors to help determine whether or not we're meeting the health needs of residents of the Northwest Territories. I'm not arguing with the Member that addictions is a problem, what I'm saying is investing significant money to determine the exact reason why somebody is sick is not going to add value to this system when we already know that alcohol is a factor.