Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Health and Social Services. It is in regard to my Member's statement. There have been several requests made by the community and also a doctor here in Yellowknife to consider looking at doing studies in Aklavik; one dealing with a cancer study and the other one dealing with a water tank study. The first study is to look at the effects of something that is called helicobacter pylori, for which the short term is H. pylori. There has to be more done with regard to that. One of the requests from the doctors is to do a massive scan of the entire population of Aklavik and also take fingerprint, saliva and breath tests as some of the methods used in this study to see if there is a connection between the increased number of stomach cancers in the community of Aklavik.

I would like to ask the Minister if there will be costs associated with these tests. Will there be an unforeseen cost? I would like to ask the Minister if her department is willing to sponsor such tests and ensure there are resources to carry on these tests?