Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Next I have Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you. I’d like to ask the Sergeant-at-Arms if he would please escort the witnesses into the Chamber.

Minister Abernethy, for the record, could you please introduce your witness?

Thank you. Further questions on page 5-4, Mr. Bromley.

…Works and Services. I would like to ask Minister Abernethy if he would like to bring witnesses into the Chamber.

Mr. Abernethy, do you want repeat that last statement on the record, please? Mr. Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Is committee agreed?

Thank you. Next on the list I have Mr. Dolynny.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to get a few parents in the Northwest Territories who are struggling with teenagers that are involved with drugs and alcohol and I’d like them to weigh in on the subject. That we only have five youth in the Northwest Territories every year that volunteer to go for treatment? I know we can’t force them, but there is, if you just look at our statistics, we have got to recognize as a government that there is a need to make something available. Maybe if there was something available, maybe they would come. Maybe there would be interventions by families that say...

Thank you. Any further questions from any Members? If not, I will go back to Mr. Bromley.

Would it be the Department of Health and Social Services that would, perhaps, review options for putting this facility into service in some capacity, or would it be the Department of Public Works and Services who acts as a central agency for the different client departments? Would it be the work of PWS to begin to do this assessment or would it be the work of Health and Social Services?