Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I listened yesterday to the Minister of Health assuring the House that his department would not begin implementing recommendations in the Strength at Two Levels document until adequate consultation has taken place.
Mr. Speaker, on January 13, 1992, there was a position advertised in News North for a manager of medical travel who will work in Yellowknife to centralize the administration of medical travel throughout the Northwest Territories. This position is one of the new developments proposed in the Beatty report. In fact, this is one of the specific recommendations on page 151 of the Strength at Two Levels document.
Mr. Speaker, it appears that the Minister and his department may have started to implement the recommendation of the Beatty report already. I would like to ask the Minister of Health the following question: Why has the Minister started to staff positions recommended in the Beatty report prior to the consultation process that has been promised?