Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to go and talk a bit about addictions recovery. In Hay River, you know, we know that we've had a number of people who have passed away due to overdoses, and then we've had some from the community who also passed away that they weren't in the community at the time. So we probably had at least ten. And it's -- you know, it's a big issue and it continues on because personally, like I've taken people to the health centre to, you know, to look for detox services. But, again, like the deputy minister said, there's no dedicated beds. You may not have a doctor or a physician on staff and so they're basically just told to go home and maybe come back later. And that's a big issue.

The other problem that we're having as well is that, you know, we talk about treatment, and we just don't have -- we don't have the facility here. We do have facilities down south. But the wait time, that's the part that's -- that is the killer, I guess, is people, you know, in between -- actually if they're lucky enough to detox and then by the time they go to treatment, they probably relapsed a number of times. And then that's the other issue. You know, we have no place for people who might think they're going to relapse, nowhere to go and get support for a day or two.

So I'd like to just ask the Minister how many treatment beds do we have available in the south for northern people? Are there a dedicated number of beds in treatment centres down south, or are we just put on a waitlist like everybody else? Thank you.