Julie Green

Yellowknife Centre

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 10)

Thank you, Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. Madam Premier.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 10)

Thank you, Minister of health. Member for Nunakput.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 10)

Thank you, Madam Premier. Member for Nunakput.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 10)

Thank you, Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. Madam Premier.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 10)

Thank you, Madam Premier. Member for Nunakput.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 10)

Thank you, Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes. Your time is up, so I am going to go to the Member for Nunakput.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 10)

Thank you. I have also done some reading on managed alcohol programming. I think that it benefits the individuals, and it also benefits the community. There is a lot of criminality that goes with feeding addictions that would be addressed by a managed alcohol program. My last comment in that area is that I realized from the amount of time that I have spent with the people who are with chronic addictions is that not everyone wants to be sober. There are people who are perfectly content to not be sober for the rest of their lives. Obviously, all of this needs to be driven by individuals who want...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 10)

Thank you, Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes. Did you want a response to that? That was a great image. Thank you, Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes. Member for Nunakput.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 10)

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

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 10)

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...