Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’m supportive of putting in all the programs and supports we can in small communities; in fact, all communities so that we can have our elders and

our parents and grandparents in the communities for as long as possible. When the day comes that they need 24-hour-a-day care with nurses and doctors, then the reality is for us in the Northwest Territories, we’re going to be looking at regional centres. We’ve got one planned in the Sahtu; for Norman Wells to service the Sahtu, for example, where currently there is no long-term care facility.

The issue is strictly ideally it would be nice to have those services in every community. The reality for all of us in all our planning that we’ve done, it shows that it’s not something that can be done, but we can focus on the home care, we can work with families to make sure that we provide those supports with the nurses and the community health reps, and look at providing the best possible services at a regional level for 24-hour-a-day care. Thank you.