I would like to begin by highlighting that in-patient mental healthcare is not best practice for children and youth. It's not a good idea to put them in a hospital in an in-patient setting unless that's a last resort. Supporting youth, rather, in the community is what we consider to be the best practice at this point, and it's done through the child and youth care counsellors, who are available in the school and who we have spoken about quite often in this House, and also by the child and youth mental health coordinator at Stanton hospital.

The coordinator is leading a number of key initiatives to improve our approach to caring for children and youth with mental health needs, and some examples are: working with the Stanton Territorial Pediatric In-patient Unit to develop in-patient psychiatric admission processes and programming for youth who do need this service; working with the Stanton team to build care pathways, therapeutic resources, after-care, and staff capacity for caring for this population; supporting health centre staff across the territory with mental health systems navigation and building their skill sets to care for children and youth in need of mental health services; and leading the implementation of the Northwest Territories' partnership with the Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto to improve access to specialized child psychiatric services across our regions and communities. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.