Julie Green

Thank you. I think that is an interesting philosophical discussion about what success is in this case. One possibility is: who goes to treatment, and have they been before? I think there are some more nuanced questions that are available which may have to be learned through interviewing people. That is, they consent to being interviewed, and they talk about what kind of triggers led them to relapse or what kind of services were very helpful and so on. I think this is an area that could really use a special focus on evaluation and monitoring so that we are clear that for all the services that...

Thank you, Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes. Madam Premier.

Thank you, Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes. Minister of Health and Social Services.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to table the following report card, "Reducing Alcohol-Related Harms and Costs in Northwest Territories: A Policy Review." Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes. Madam Premier.

Thank you, Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes. Madam Premier.

I am going to give up on that question, and I am going to go on now to the failing grade the Minister has referenced, that we got a failing grade, as most jurisdictions did. What are the barriers that government is facing right now to developing better alcohol policies, as outlined in the CAPE report?

Thank you, Madam Premier. Member for Hay River South.

Thank you, Madam Premier. Minister of Health and Social Services.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Health and Social Services. In my statement today, I spoke about the work that the Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation project, or CAPE, has done to look at ways to reduce alcohol harm. CAPE identified a group of best practices, and I wonder for the Minister could tell us what role, if any, the GNWT had in developing this work. Thank you.