Thank you, Madam Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Health and Social Services. Madam Speaker, I think many times in this House and through the Special Committee on Health and Social Services, it has been recommended that the government could save sizeable amounts of money by locating specialists in the Northwest Territories, rather than sending people out at great expense to

visit those specialists. I would like to ask the Minister about orthodontic services.

I understand that proposals have been in hand in the Department of Health for months, if not years -- some from dental practices in the Northwest Territories -- to allow for a different way of delivering orthodontic services: by bringing orthodontists to the north, rather than sending people to Montreal, Winnipeg, et cetera, at great expense. What progress has been made on this long-standing issue? Thank you.