Madam Speaker, the honourable Minister referred to the need to provide new services in a manner that is consistent with what people have been accustomed to receiving through the south. I have to say -- maybe tongue in cheek -- that what my constituents are accustomed to receiving is not only orthodontic services, but a chance to do some free shopping in Montreal every six weeks or so at the expense of the Government of the Northwest Territories. So I hope that that is not going to be built into the new plan.

I would like to ask the Minister -- and I do recognize that there is an effort being made to change the method of delivery -- is it realistic for this House to expect, by the time we reconvene in the new year to consider the estimates for the Department of Health for operations and maintenance for the coming year, that there will finally be in place a new method of delivering orthodontic services or a plan to deliver orthodontic services in Baffin and Keewatin that does not feature this expensive travel to Winnipeg and Montreal? Thank you.