Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I echo the comments of my friend, MLA from Range Lake. I'm not saying he stole my thunder; I think he's added to it. But it's good to hear that because we hear that a lot in the small communities, and often times you wonder if the MLAs outside of the smaller communities understand what it's doing. Because it is destroying small communities, not just -- it's not just a problem, it is destroying small communities. Drug addiction, the influx of gangs, the influx of drug dealers, is destroying it. And I bet to say every MLA here from a small community will tell you they get weekly, if not daily, phone calls from people with concerns and/or complaints or are scared or they're an elder living in the building that they know there's issues going on. If you've campaigned like I did, you've probably seen it with your own two eyes. People living in a unit and drug dealers actually in there with them, you know, paying them sums of money to go to a door and hand out drugs. It's ridiculous. And we talked about well, why aren't there that many people at Aurora College? Well, they're not in Aurora College because they're doing other things they shouldn't be doing and it's -- again, it's a massive, massive problem. More than I think we even realize, and it's going to destroy small communities.

So, again, as my friend from Range Lake said, I applaud the department for putting the extra funding in. I would say is it even enough? You know, we have to -- we have to focus or efforts on this. We have to. And I know it's interdepartmental. I know there are other things that we need to do, whether it's treatment centres, where it's aftercare programs, where it's housing initiatives. All those things tie into this. But at the end of the day, it's justice. It's we need to make sure we make people safe. And, yeah, and I applaud it too. As I I don't have a question, but I did want to make that comment because it's so important. And I hear it regularly. And I'm glad that MLAs in Yellowknife hear it regularly as well because it is devastating for our small communities. Absolutely devastating.

So yeah, I would support more, Mr. Premier. So, yeah, I think it's great, a good start. Let's -- you know, let's get moving on this. Thank you, Mr. Chair.