Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, those are two reasons we suspect. We currently have a senior management working group looking into this. Our numbers have decreased in our facilities significantly since 2020, and they continue to remain so. An increase in social supports in the Northwest Territories has provided evidence as well to decrease in our numbers. So things such as the safe ride, sheltering, alternative housing options, those are things that we presume have continued these decreased rates, along with changes in federal legislation and case law as Minister said. So we are looking into trying to concretely identify specifically more what these reasons are, but those are the three that we have, you know, indicated so far in some of our research. So thank you, Mr. Chair.
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