Thank you for the presentation. They were very interesting points. It sounded as if you had more to add, but timing became the challenge.
I really was interested to hear more about the traditional healers. We have the concern in a lot of communities that.... First of all, in most parts of the north, where I come from in the Northwest Territories, we don't have professional care at all. In most cases when we do, it's certainly not by aboriginal people. A lot of our communities have worked hard to try to engage our elders in working with youth or people who are in situations of crisis. It's been very difficult. First of all, they're not compensated properly, if at all. When they are compensated, our tax laws claw it back. They are really reluctant to accept any money, but at the same time, it's not fair for them to be doing a lot of this work on their own.
We heard from many organizations and people over the last while on what works well. I wanted you to expand a little bit on the role that aboriginal culture could play in developing positive identities. I've asked this question many times on the role that delivery agents, such as the friendship centres and aboriginal head start, could make in dealing with some of these issues that are challenging us socially.