Thank you for that information. And I'm grateful that, you know, the Minister and her team went to Behchoko and looked at some of the programs and see how hard many of these -- the people that are working there or the program and the organization are working hard to house their people, you know. I mean, these funds are very important to many of them. So I would like to ask too is that, you know, emergency shelter, I don't think we have that. We have a warming shelter, but it's not the same as this emergency shelter where there's -- there's a facility in Yellowknife, Hay River, Fort Smith, and Inuvik. It's good, you know, because in small communities where we don't have too many emergency shelters in small communities from the most northern communities all the way to, like, to Tlicho region, you know. We need more of this because you've seen the number of our unhoused people and during the day, you know, if friendship centre is not open, then, you know, like, I mean, they're kind of wandering, you know. So we are trying our best. We're doing our best. The community is trying their best. You know, like, Tlicho government are doing their best. Friendship centre is -- they're doing their best, and I'm very grateful, thankful, to the recent federal government announcement, you know, so to help many of our people that are suffering with addictions.
So with that in mind, THARP, I mean, it's a transition housing for addiction recovery program. I know that we didn't get one last -- you know, last fiscal year. So is there a plan in place where Tlicho region might get funding for that program? As you know, many of our people are -- you know, like, they are in -- a lot of our young people, they go for treatment. Some of them, they come back, they don't last long. Like, maybe a day or two or a week, and then they're back to what they were doing before because they're back to the same old situation. And we do need a safe place for them. And, you know, Tlicho government with the warming shelter, they are doing their best. And then even I know that the friendship centre, they said it to us too that, you know, they are doing their best to accommodate many of these young people to stay sober, you know, so -- but it's just that it's a place to stay that they're having problems with. So I just wanted to ask that if there's a plan in place anytime soon that, you know, Tlicho region will get some -- a program to help our young people returning back from the addiction program. Thank you.
