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Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 3)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We recognize that a lot of the truth and reconciliation in residential schools have become a very high-profile issue in the government. The department is putting together the action plan that we’re going to be rolling out in the next two years. In addition to that, we have about $6 million, a little over $6 million in the Community Counselling Program. We have one residential treatment facility that’s still operating and we also have about a million dollars or a little over targeted into the communities for aftercare and also for on-the-land programs, if that’s...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 3)

Mr. Speaker, as part of the action plan and as part of the Ministers’ forum, we want to look at all aspects of treatment and if family treatment is something that’s proposed by many of the communities, then it’s something that we will try to work into our action plan. Thank you.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 3)

Within that action plan and also a commitment from the government that we would look at more treatment in existing infrastructure, we will be asking in the action plan that a Minister’s forum be struck on well-respected people within the addictions and mental health field to travel to the communities and see first-hand what is required. We are going to be supporting that forum with a request through a supplementary appropriation of about $300,000 so that they can gather and hear firsthand from the communities what is needed. We believe, from our initial travels, that there is a requirement or...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 2)

That’s going to be up to this House on the amount of money that will be committed to it. We will be reviewing midwifery services in communities where a lot of births originate and which don’t actually occur in those communities. As an example, Hay River is one of the communities where there are many births originating but very few, if any, births at all that actually occur in Hay River. We’re looking at that type of a system to determine which midwifery program will come before the other.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 2)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There is no question from the department that midwifery would be an important part of the health system. The plan is to look at the Midwifery Program in the fiscal years of 2013-2014 to see where we could possibly put some midwives in position. We also have to do this in conjunction with a review of the physician services.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 2)

Although the births that are originating and most of the births are happening in Yellowknife, Inuvik, Fort Smith, Alberta and a few in other provinces, we are looking at the communities where the mother is from, the originating mother is from. The ones with the highest numbers in those but the births don’t actually occur there where they have to be transported to another community. Hay River is probably number one on the list for the mother originates from, the birth is originating from but actually do not have the actual birth in that community. Then we have other communities after that.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 2)

Submission will be in the business plan for 2013-2014 for the Midwifery Program.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 1)

Yes, I think we can do that if we talk to the centre. As we talked about trying to do some specific alcohol treatment in that facility so that we’re trying to utilize it more. We can talk to the community about specifically putting one of those blocks of time in for youth. Thank you.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 1)

Thank you. There is the problem, the fact that there are five, four and three youth going to treatment. It’s very difficult to have a facility that services that type of number.

What we’re looking at with the Mental Health and Addictions Action Plan is we’re going to the communities and we’re trying to find ways where the youth can get treatment using one of the things that the communities asked us to do, is use the elders. Take the youth and the elders out on the land and see if that works as a treatment option. Because if they are self-identified, those are the numbers we have. If they’re...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 1)

The department and I will be going into Hay River before the end of June to have a public meeting and provide the information to the public. Thank you.