Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to direct my question to the Minister of Health. He is a descendent of the aboriginal people, and aboriginal people have principles regarding honesty and openness, both on the part of the healers and the persons being helped. However, Mr. Speaker, I have trouble relating to the principle on a recent situation in which a dentist with AIDS treated residents of the Northwest Territories without telling them that he had the disease. Many Northerners, I am sure, think that if a dentist has a communicable disease, his patients should be told about it so that they can make an informed decision about whether or not to seek treatment elsewhere.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister if he would advise the House whether it is possible for regional health boards to include a clause in their contractual agreements with dental service providers which requires a practitioner with HIV or AIDS to inform his or her patients.