When we started this study regarding where our young women in Canada would fit, the area that was the lowest was the aboriginal girls. We were doing pretty well everywhere else, except for the aboriginal girls, who were the ones who faced the biggest challenges. We were rated lowest in that particular category. So I'm glad that you're here, because I think that's an area that we really need to focus on with the kind of recommendations we're hoping to make here.
You tie it into education. Well, you know, you need healthy communities, and then you have to make sure that the girls are educated. You have to make sure that they know there are opportunities out there for them, that they can be successful if they do the things they're supposed to do.
The amount of substance abuse continues to be a concern for everyone. Is a lot of that a result of thinking that there's not a lot out there for them, that they'll end up without opportunities, and so they go into substance abuse as a way of killing the pain they're feeling about their future opportunities?