Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I rise to echo the concerns and frustrations of my constituents from the community of Tetlit Zheh, and other communities throughout the NWT, in their efforts to combat the influx of hard drugs coming into our community without any support from the local authorities, Housing NWT, or local housing authorities.
This past week while I was home in Tetlit Zheh, I was confronted by numerous members of the community about drug dealers from neighboring communities coming in to Tetlit Zheh and setting up their business within Housing NWT's public housing units and nothing being done to accommodate the residents' concern.
Mr. Speaker, the drug dealers are coming into our smaller communities and setting up their network in the public housing units because they know that nothing is being done to move them out by any authority. The residents know who these drug dealers are and where they are stationed yet when they give tips to any of the authorities, it is the policies and procedures that protect the criminals. The tenants of the housing authority are also benefitting from these transactions and letting them stay within their units to conduct these illegal activities.
Mr. Speaker, there are community members who are targets of these drug dealers because they are addicted to these hard drugs and they see easy access to drugs and money. It hurts me personally to see those unfortunates targeted and preyed upon. Our family and community members cannot do anything to help protect our members of the community.
Mr. Speaker, at this time, I will not have any questions for this government because their solutions are far and in between to implement a solution to save our communities in combatting the drug crisis we are experiencing. The drug dealers are using our own residents to kill our own people just for the simple financial transaction. Te only question to this House is what can we do today? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Member from Mackenzie Delta. Members' statements. Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.
