Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am getting the polite slag-off here in terms of being willing to look at this. This is a retention issue. This is a northern, aboriginal nurse. The government itself has defined it has a critical shortage in terms of the professional need. They have lapsed hundreds of thousands of dollars, Mr. Speaker.
I want to inform the Minister that I will be extremely critical of the department's budget if that is the attitude they are going to take to training northern nurses.
I would like to know how many other northern, aboriginal nurses received funding last year under that one program? Thank you.