Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this time to acknowledge and recognize the importance of encouraging and supporting all NWT residents who have decided on living health lifestyles that relate directly to having positive outcomes for their mental health and healthy families.

My office has been in contact with a few residents of my community who have completed treatment programs offered by the GNWT. What was prevalent was a great sense of happiness and appreciation for having the opportunity to take life changing programs for themselves and their families. When we have ways to help and support healthy lifestyles `all across the territories, then we can see changes in the trends of social issues we face on a daily basis.

Social struggles come at great cost a great cost that negatively affect many aspects of life within our communities, and we need to promote healthy lifestyles. We need the statistics of violence and social issues to decline but of course we're facing a pandemic so we need to build awareness and support our residents more than ever.

We have to have a foundation where we are on a higher alert to accommodate the NWT residents for their health and safety at all costs.

I would like to take this time to recognize a family in Fort Providence for completing a family treatment program in Regina, Saskatchewan. They completed the program this past March. The young family was there for five months, and they expressed that they would have stayed longer if they did not have to return to their work commitments.

They stated the level of support was very encouraging, with weekly schedules of events that were therapeutic and family relationship building. The program focused on family relationships, child management, grieving, and setting boundaries. The underlying reason they chose to attend a family treatment program was that they knew that a change needed to happen within their family as they were heading down a destructive path with alcohol and drugs.

The family is doing well and wants to encourage other families to take the program. Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to conclude my statement. Mahsi.

---Unanimous consent granted