Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a return to an oral question asked by Mr. Gargan on November 25, 1993 with regard to the policy for non-medical escorts.
Mr. Speaker, the Government of the Northwest Territories provides medical travel benefits to eligible residents who must travel in order to access necessary and appropriate health services. Under Schedule B of the medical travel policy 91.02 (June 9, 1992) a non-medical escort is authorized when the patient requires an escort for interpretation during medical travel.
Mr. Speaker, the incident referred to by the Member from Deh Cho appears to have occurred several years ago. Depending on the date of the occurrence, the obligations under the Official Languages Act and the medical travel policy may have been different at the time.
If the honourable Member wishes to provide me with additional information on the matter, I will look into it further. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.