Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I believe the Member is correct in his position. We have heard this in the standing committees that the expansion of the Telehealth program has considerable cost savings that may be available to the department if we were able to access it more in communities.

Mr. Bell had asked, in a previous comment, whether or not I will be willing to take this up with the Premier on how we might better improve this infrastructure to serve the needs of the Department of Health. I will commit to do that in collaboration with the Department of Education, Culture and Employment who also stand to benefit considerably from this type of technology if it were sufficient and adequate.

I could not tell the Member now exactly why the facilities provided by, as I understand it, NorthwesTel, are not sufficient in bandwidth to deliver the kind of information that our department would need. I will commit to pursuing that and finding out what kinds of options would be open to us for improving and expanding that service. Thank you.