Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am looking at the tabled document, which was tabled on January 31, 1997, and the areas I noted were support and health services administration. There were four specific areas where the main increases have taken place. One was the information systems $5 million, the other was the territories hospital increase from $18 million to $19 million and physicians outside the NWT $14 million to $15 million and medical travel benefits from $21 million to $26 million. On the medical travel benefits program, that is a dramatic increase, and I assume that 1996/97 was a substantial increase from the year before. I am making that assumption from earlier discussions. Could the Minister tell me what steps have been taken to try and analyze this whole area of medical travel, and what steps are being taken to try and get some control in that area?
Jake Ootes on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 19th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 18th, 1997
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