Debates of June 8, 2006 (day 8)

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. (English not provided)

Mr. Speaker, this week I was saddened to hear that the hardest drug made it to a small community in my riding. The Deh Cho Drum reported that there was a bust, a crack cocaine bust, in Wrigley. Apparently people were travelling all the way from Edmonton to sell the drugs into Wrigley, and that’s a long way to sell these drugs. I believe it’s a precursor of things to come; just the tip of things to come. We need precious policing resources in our communities long before development, Mr. Speaker.

As well, the editorial part of the Deh Cho Drum, Mr. Speaker, the editor said that drug proofing needs everyone. I, too, would like to mention at this time, like, I commend residents of Wrigley and concerned people around Fort Simpson for the courage, strength and wisdom to report and work with the police in helping to make these arrests. That’s what I spoke about in Slavey; I’d like to thank them for taking care of our own.

The police, it goes on to state there, Mr. Speaker, that this community, victory could not be done without the help of the community. Once again, I commend them.

As well, once again, I’d like to state that this leap into development, which has been so much into the news, is coupled with reality as well, that hard drugs and drug dealers and the scourges of society will be coming up and we must deal with them.

Mr. Speaker, our government must continue to allocate the resources to our policing sector to send the message that drugs are not to be tolerated in the Deh Cho or any other place in our great northern territory. Mahsi cho.

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