The last thing I wanted to speak about is under the programs for residential care, specifically under the adults, because you know a number of our elders have to go to Inuvik for long-term care. Just recently one of our elders from one of the communities had to move to Inuvik because of illness and hasn’t been given much time actually. The sad thing about it is we’re actually billing this elder every month. You know, that person is really frustrated at the moment with not only having to deal with his illness but also being charged up to $800 a month to be staying at the long-term care.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have three topics I’d like to talk to today. First under health centres, I know it’s an ongoing issue in Tsiigehtchic. If they can’t have a nurse, they’d like a licenced practical nurse there or some specialist in that community on a full-time basis. Many times, during the weekends especially, we get emergencies. It’s left up to our residents to respond to the majority or pretty much all of these incidents. So we are really putting our own residents in our community at risk here, having to deal with a lot of traumatic issues at times here.

Moving forward, we did get...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Leading up from my Member’s statement, I’d like to ask the Minister of Health and Social Services a couple of questions. What programs do we offer for youth in the area of depression? Thank you.

I’d like to ask the Minister, are we providing any specific programs here, any specialities that will be needed? I don’t believe a lot of the Aboriginal groups have the expertise, whether it’s mental health or other issues like this. Are we providing any assistance to those Aboriginal groups? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just have a few questions for the Minister of Health. As I mentioned earlier, we need more on-the-land treatment programs, and I am very happy that the department is moving forward.

I would like to ask the Minister, when will the department have a schedule that people can actually fill out for these programs? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just have a few comments here and maybe a couple of questions. Over the last few years here, since the last government, they shut down the long-term care in Aklavik, and there’s a high demand in our communities of my riding. Right now a lot of the elders have to go to Inuvik for long-term care and the majority of our elders want to stay in our communities when they get to that age. Their families are in the community and can visit them on a daily basis; whereas, when they’re in the regional centre, they’re lucky if their family sees them once a month or every other...

Mr. Speaker, I’m glad the department is working closely with the Aboriginal groups, but these on-the-land programs I believe need to be taken on by the department.

Moving forward, will the Minister ensure that they have some sort of schedule on a yearly basis that our constituents can apply to? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As we don’t have a treatment centre here in the Northwest Territories, we have a big demand for more on-the-land treatment programs. Over the last year, I believe we only had one on-the-land program in the Beaufort-Delta region, and the Minister’s statement earlier today confirmed that.

We need more programs offered in our territory, whether it’s every month, every two months, or quarterly. I am very encouraged the Minister is working with the Aboriginal groups to have programs that will best serve our residents, and I look forward to those programs moving forward in the...

That wasn’t the question. The question was to describe the benefits of having a detachment in those communities, but I’ll let the Minister answer that again. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’ll try this again. My questions are for the Minister of Justice.

Can the Minister state how long it takes the RCMP to respond to complaints in Tsiigehtchic compared to Fort McPherson? Thank you