My question is to the Minister of Health. Mr. Speaker, I would ask about the matter related to Dr. Carmichael's dentistry practice in the Keewatin. I am sure we would all agree, Mr. Speaker, that it is important to ensure that the safeguards which exist in our legislation, and that the policies and procedures followed by the Department of Health, are sufficient to protect the public against the spread of communicable diseases. Although all reasonable evidence suggests that there is a low risk that health practitioners can infect their patients with the HIV condition, I am concerned with some aspects of the department's response to this situation. In section 28(d) of the Manitoba Public Health Act, it allows regulations to be made which require anyone in Manitoba with certain communicable diseases, including AIDS, to report the disease to the province's chief medical health officer. I am assuming that happened in Dr. Carmichael's case.
My question to the Minister is, did the chief medical health officer for the Province of Manitoba advise her counterpart in this jurisdiction of Dr. Carmichael's condition?