Thank you, Madam Chair. And I apologize to the Minister, I might have embellished a bit there when I said good luck. So I apologize for that. But, you know, it is tough for, you know, people who are looking for detox when there are no dedicated beds. They are put in the health centre and they may -- they may or they may not be provided a bed. But they need that support, especially when they decide it's -- you know, they want to be there. And some of them will go in, I know, and they will maybe last a day and they'll get out again and go right back to what they were doing.

The other thing that I noticed as well and -- is that -- and I think that would really benefit people who are looking at detoxes. We need probably additional -- or more Indigenous people, you know, providing services to those that are looking for it. Because I find that, you know, even with myself, you know, when I'm dealing with the people that are, you know, on the street or homeless, I think that, you know, I'm hoping and I sense that they feel comfortable with me and they actually kind of listen to me probably a little more than they would to somebody else. So I think it's important that, you know, we take that cultural aspect into play when we're trying to provide these services.

But, you know -- and I understand we have -- you know, we -- you know, not having a treatment centre here -- and I know that even if we had one, like the Minister said, there'd only be a certain number of beds. We're trying to accommodate everybody, and it won't happen. So we have to do something different, and that's in providing the beds down south. I've got no problem with that. I know some of the people I talk to like to go south, and you know, it's away from everything; it's away from, you know, some of the people they know. And I know others don't want to go. But at the end of the day, we do have access to detox beds in the south and treatment centres. We also have -- we have -- you know, we have access to programs as well in the territories and, you know, we try and encourage people to go to those. But I think at the end of the day, it's that -- it's that period between detoxing and waiting to get out.

Like, I had talked to one guy the other day and I know he's going to -- he says he's going to treatment. And -- but he says he's going to drink as much as he can until he actually goes. And -- but when he comes back he says he's going to be -- that's it, he's finished. And I'm hoping because I told I'd keep him, you know -- I'd make sure that, you know, I would push him not to drink anymore. So it's just that -- it's just those lapse -- those lapse in time or the -- you know, the time in between, you know, actually getting into a bed, detoxing, and then waiting for your time to get into a facility. And that's -- that's kind of where that relapse happens and other issues come up and they have time to think about it, they feel a little bit better and they feel like they don't need it. So I think somehow we've got to -- we've got to close that gap in time and try to get people out sooner than later. Thank you.