Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, since taking over the responsibility for the Department of Health and Social Services, it has been very demanding on the time, both from a staff point of view and my own, to try and get up to speed on all of the areas and with all the changes that have happened since the 13th Assembly, as I stated in my Minister's statement, the number of areas that the department has dealt with in ongoing change. The department has provided me with what I believe is much-needed information and I feel that I have adequate information to deal with the concerns that were raised. For example, the department is always listening to the concerns that were raised. One of the big concerns that we have heard over a number of times is incidents in communities where nurses felt their ability to carry out their duties was affected severely. We have heard, in the Delta this year, the concerns that were there and the department feels we must address these as we are heading in the Northwest Territories as

we know it now. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.