Mr. Chairman, this is one area where I would like to point out that it's not the responsibility of the Department of Health. This is a Stanton health board responsibility. They were handling it in what I thought was a very professional fashion. I heard the Member say that he was happy with the fact that it was going to be addressed and it was going to be addressed with the airlines, Social Services, Status of Women, et cetera. I don't have an update on whether or not that meeting has taken place. I trust that Stanton has done the meeting. I anticipate that as soon as they have reached an accord, they will advise us because they are aware of the interest that we have shown in this particular area.
In another way, Mr. Chairman, we are looking at this particular aspect, not only of this person at this particular hospital, but in general, the handling of deceased people across the Northwest Territories. That's what the department is looking at and that's why we're keen on finding out the protocol that's being worked out by Stanton so that we can incorporate it into our overall look at the kinds of facilities that are in communities, the cultural way that people grieve, the things that they do culturally when a person has passed away and at the physical requirements in communities.
We have had a rough cut right across the Northwest Territories right now to see what services are available. We have discovered that, well, in this particular instance, maybe we weren't, at Stanton, explaining to mothers exactly what the rules and regulations were with regard to the aircraft and so on and so forth.
We have discovered that, in many instances, the government has given its jurisdiction to the handling of the dead to the municipalities and hamlets and that there are different procedures in different parts of the Northwest Territories.
So that's the overall picture that we are looking at, and, to answer the Member's question, as soon as Stanton gets back with the protocol that they've worked out, we'll incorporate it in our study and provide the answer to the Member, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.