Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to start by sending greetings back to my wife and children.

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Mr. Speaker, the issue of health care has been brought up a number of times within this forum when it comes to the quality of health care and the standards that are used by the different health boards throughout the territories. We have had some heated debate on standards and who sets them and what rules have to be followed. I would like to make mention that I believe that the Inuvik Health Board has been doing the best they can with what they have available. My concerns are the standards that are set will be followed by all health boards, and once they are set and established, they will be followed and you will not have standards set for each different region where you could have doctors and nurses not having to do the same type of work. Once it is clarified as to the direction we will be heading in, all health boards will be made to follow the same standards that are set before them. We need to clarify the roles of health boards and the roles they play right now with the communities, especially when we are coming up to division. We need to make things clear for all the residents so they understand that they can receive quality health care from any region within the territories. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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