Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I feel that Building Stronger Families is moving in the exact direction the Member is referencing. We have done the analysis, and in the Northwest Territories there are more children and families accessing services as a result of neglect, which may be related to struggles families are having around things like poverty or other issues like addictions. We know that residential schools and colonization have had a huge impact on residents of the Northwest Territories and some of them are struggling in this area.

Through structured decision-making, we are looking at supporting families and trying to get to a place where we don't have to apprehend children. I obviously put a caution on there. Where there are cases of abuse, it may be necessary for Child Safety to remove a child from a family. In the Northwest Territories, we do know that mostly it is neglect as opposed to abuse.

I think we have an opportunity to take those steps that the Member is talking about, working with the families, supporting the families, providing them with the tools that they need so that they can do what I think they want to do, which is raise their children in healthy, happy homes where everybody has an opportunity to stay and live together. We are third year of five moving forward with Building Stronger Families. Do I think it is perfect today? No. Do I think we are moving in the right direction? Yes. Do we still have a lot of work to do? Of course. I believe, through the tools that we are putting in place and the attitude we are trying to change, I think we will get to where the Member is describing. Thank you, Mr. Chair.