Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First, to be clear, I am not suggesting that somebody who has already been approved for education leave be given the hook and this other lady put in her place. What I am saying is that this time out you are asking for $3.4 million for retention of nurses. You are going to tell me that you have not really looked at this. You have the complete flexibility as a department to look at that money and put it where it is supposed to be in the retention side of this, not just the recruitment side. My question to the Minister is, will she give it serious consideration? Will she give it timely consideration? There is nothing that prevents the department from creating or adjusting these programs to meet the targeted goals that this Assembly is voting the money on, which is retention.

I would also like to ask, it was requested some weeks ago for some numbers, how many aboriginal and northern nurses have received education leave or are receiving education leave this year? I would like to know that as well, given the commitment to affirmative action, given the commitment to northern hire, and given the abysmal statistics that we as a government tend to have in these specialty areas. Thank you.