Jane Groenewegen

…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...

Okay, I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order. What’s the wish of the committee? Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you very much, Mr. Moses. I’d like to now go back for our conclusion of general comments to Ms. Bisaro.

I do appreciate the Minister being willing to sit down and look at this individual case, but I want to know what is the general policy of this government. Because as we know, if people have a tragedy, if they have a death in the family, if they have to travel for some reason, a sickness, that it is common for people to rally around them and donate to that family to see them through that difficult time. Surely the Minister knows, in a yes or no answer, is it the policy of our government to claw back such donations? I have never heard of it ever before until this particular incident. Is it the...

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Mr. Williams.