Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yesterday, the Standing Committee on Agencies, Boards and Commissions read a long report into the record, which went on for many hours. I have heard from one of my constituents who thought it was rather long. There was some other criticism of it also, Mr. Speaker, that this report was overly critical of the people who work in the health care system. I should point out, Mr. Speaker, that it is the job of this kind of government which is open, to report what it hears. The government, in fact, has then an opportunity, within 120 days, to respond to the committee's report.

However, I should point out in the report and I quote from page 11, "I believe that the people here in Yellowknife do a great amount of very good work, but I think what they do not understand is that they have never lived out in the satellite communities."

In fact, throughout the report there is a recognition that we are not talking about the high level of professional care in the system, but somehow that the structural problems still have to be overcome to meet the requirements of many of the people in the Northwest Territories. So, I think, Mr. Speaker, the government should not be overly sensitive to the fact that we are an open committee and are openly reporting as is required by our terms of reference.

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