Yes. My motion is that, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Standing Committee on Health recommends that the government continue funding the first nations and Inuit tobacco control strategy at the fiscal 2005-06 level and that the chair report the adoption of this motion to the House forthwith.
As we've heard over the past number of weeks, there need to be comprehensive approaches to health, particularly in the aboriginal community. The first nations and Inuit tobacco control strategy has been an effective program. In fact, under the first nations and Inuit health branch, first nations and Inuit people have access to no other funding sources on this issue.
There have been a number of partnerships created throughout the territories and throughout the provinces that have been very effective, including partnerships with the Canadian Lung Association and the Canadian Cancer Society. In fact, the Minister of Health and Social Services for Nunavut has reported that there has been a 12% drop in smoking among youths over the past two years. This program has been a five-year strategy—the commitment was for five years—and with the loss of this money, there will be no dollars for the first nations and Inuit tobacco control strategy in the upcoming fiscal year.