Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Finance Minister referred to the Yellowknife situation, which had required additional funding for taking the physicians from a fee-for-service to a contract basis, and also increasing the number of physicians here as well.

Also, the purchase of the clinics...this is something that has been done in other communities in previous years. The board in Hay River had been assisted in acquiring the clinic in Hay River in a previous fiscal year. That had also taken place in Inuvik previously.

I want to assure the Member the highlight on the Yellowknife situation does not indicate that Yellowknife is receiving a disproportionate share of health and social services funding. I want to also assure him that Hay River does have the ability and the financial resources to recruit physicians. That has not been because of a lack of physicians in Hay River. Thank you.