Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you, fans. Mr. Speaker, there are a lot of ministerial statements today but none in this honourable Member's mind more important than the announcements regarding the conclusion of the negotiations to replace the Inuvik and Baffin hospitals. The conclusion of this file goes back to the Health and Welfare Canada transfer of health programs to the GNWT in 1988. Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the Minister and his staff for the work on this file. However, the completion of the successful negotiations raises some questions on the impact of the federal fund transfer on the P3 schedule construction project of the Baffin Regional Hospital in Iqaluit. Mr. Speaker, later today I will ask the Minister for Health some questions on this transfer. I, too, would also like to take this opportunity, in conclusion, to thank the Iqaluit Pages in the Legislative Assembly and yourself, Mr. Speaker, for the lunch.
I would like to reply to Mr. Miltenberger's bait he threw me today on the Power Corporation, but I will not. I would like to wish the Members and all the residents of Iqaluit a happy and safe summer. Thank you for your indulgence, Mr. Speaker.
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