Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we have -- this is the work that's been done on -- the access to out of territory treatment addictions are the request of some people in the territory. So we have to ensure that we have those facilities and we have contracts with those facilities. We have one Indigenous facility that we have a contract with right now. And I know that within the Northwest Territories, what we're trying to do is we're working with -- you know, providing funding for Indigenous governments to be able to -- and we've heard them loud and clear, that they want to be able to run on-the-land programs. You know, they've strictly said that they are the best people to know their own people to provide those programs to helping get their -- you know, get residents in their each different ridings well and to be able to support them in their own way. And so we will continue to collaborate with those Indigenous governments to provide programming. And that's why we've created all the funding pots and we've amalgamated them and so that way they're a lot more flexible to the needs of the different regions. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Lesa Semmler on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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