Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I would like to talk about addictions. Last month when Members set our collective priorities for the 17th Legislative Assembly, we included enhancing our addictions treatment programs, and for good reason. If we could only solve some of the problems of addictions with some action, by taking action, so many other issues would become less of a problem than what we have here before us today. We would have less crime, less violence, fewer people on income support. We would have healthier families, fewer babies born who are sick, who are with illnesses, better educational outcomes and a much less strain on our health system.
Every time a person gets on a road to recovery and stays the course, there are positive ripple effects that go through society. As I mentioned before, we have less problems. The question that we have here today is: What is this Assembly going to do by helping to get people on the right track, by supporting addictions treatment programs here in the North?
I will have questions for the Minister of Health later today. Thank you.
The honourable Member for Frame Lake, Ms. Bisaro.
