Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, Mr. Delorey refers to the issue of personal responsibility and I think that is something that we do need to talk more about. You are right.

How much money will it take to address all of the needs and all of the problems? Are we making some progress on some of the challenges? Are the resources that we do have being spent in the most effective ways possible to obtain measurable results and outcome?

It is a really interesting question that Mr. Delorey raises in terms of how do we engage people to work with us and work with the system to take as much responsibility as they can to help secure their well-being.

You can make as many programs and services and opportunities available, but we have to encourage people to take the initiative to participate and be concerned about illnesses that are caused by things that are preventable and things that are lifestyle choices. That kind of discussion we need to do more work on because it is challenging to keep up.

It is not just here. It is everywhere. You just have to pick up any national newspaper and you can see that, in almost all of the jurisdictions in Canada, there is a real challenge to try and stay ahead of the needs that are always there.

Mr. Delorey also refers to the issue of funding and supporting NGOs and that is a very important part of our system because people who volunteer to work with non-government agencies, people who are employed with them, really help us in the tasks, goals and objectives that we are trying to reach.

We again want to really encourage them because they add a lot and we can certainly see the results of the good work that they do and the benefits of partnering with NGOs and the results that we are trying to accomplish.

The situation with the shortage of physicians in Hay River -- and now we certainly have a challenge in Fort Smith, as well -- the department is very attentive to those needs and we have had quite significant success in stabilizing the situation here in Yellowknife where, as most of you remember, I think Ms. Lee referred to it in her statement today, that it was only about a year ago when we were down to a very desperate situation here in Yellowknife as well. The problem is that when things get to that point, they continue to spiral down and deteriorate.

So we are hoping that with the standardized physician contract as a recruiting tool and trying to address some of the unique situations in some of the smaller communities that we can do more to make sure that the professionals that are needed at the community and regional level are there.

We need to really capitalize on the positive things about doctors and nurses and health care professionals, social workers, practising in the North. There is an opportunity to come here and, from what they tell me, enjoy a very varied and diverse practiced scope of practice and I think that is something that is attractive to them.

We think that our remuneration packages for professionals is very competitive right now and that is something that we have been attentive to because we do not want the lack of that to be a contributing negative factor to our recruitment efforts. So we think that is very positive.

I think that a well-structured, well-organized system is something that people will be attracted to as well. A system that is run in a very professional and modern way because that is very important to people's ability to carry out their jobs and certainly people will want to make sure that their work does make a difference and has a positive impact. We have to create the environment in order for them to do that. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.