Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I totally agree with the motion in front of us and I will be supporting this particular motion. But one of the comments I wanted to make is with regard to the preamble to this motion. In it, there is a lot of emphasis placed on front line workers. I agree that training is of benefit to them, particularly in the smaller communities. In the Special Committee on Health and Social Services report, they indicated that communities were having problems with specialists not going to communities quite as often as they should.

This is not reflected in any of their recommendations. It is good, on the one hand, to say that if the front line workers get all this training, it is going to reduce the reliance on specialists who visit communities. To a certain degree, I guess that is true. But, on the other hand, I'm aware through reading this report, that the communities outside of Yellowknife and outside other regional centres are complaining that the specialists are not coming in as often as they should be to do follow-up work. I'm wondering why there isn't another recommendation pertaining to that in this report?

But, in relation to the motion on the floor, Mr. Chairman, I will be supporting it. Thank you.