Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It must be Health and Social Services day. Mr. Speaker, no, I am not prepared to do that arbitrarily. We recognize that, particularly in the area of medical travel, we are under fiscal pressures because of the fact that we have historically had increased demands on medical travel for treatment. What we have done, as all Members know is, given the accountability and the authority to regional boards to set their own policies recognizing -- and I am glad that the honourable Member in his statement acknowledged that the Keewatin board recognize the sensitivity of the one example of somebody that needed to have an exception to the medical travel policy to allow him to be with his spouse. That is why we have made the decision to give boards that autonomy, so they can recognize those exceptions that might need to be addressed on a case-by-case basis, Mr. Speaker. But it would not be fair to have a blanket coverage of all escorts because of the fact that we do not have the financial resources to meet all the needs, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.
Kelvin Ng on Question 446-13(4): Non-medical Escorts For Elders
In the Legislative Assembly on March 4th, 1997. See this statement in context.
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Question 446-13(4): Non-medical Escorts For Elders
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 3rd, 1997
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
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