Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if an individual happens to, for whatever reason, become deceased while outside the territories for medical treatment it is our responsibility to bring that individual back to their home community for their burial services. With respect to the issue of compassionate travel, as you know this has been an ongoing issue to all boards and health professionals and certainly to politicians that have brought up the issue.
As I have indicated in the past, we have a lot less flexibility now because of more demands on our services and our focus on providing core health programs before we enter into any of these auxiliary support programs such as escort travel. However, in the instances of required medical escorts, where if the patient happens to be a minor or is a unilingual individual that needs or is not capable of travelling on their own, then certainly those provisions are allowed to assist those individuals that need that assistance, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.