Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, before we got to the point of requiring a transition plan, the negotiations with the federal government improved to the extent that we did not feel it was necessary to have a transition plan, because we did not feel it was necessary to give up responsibility for the delivery of the program.

As for the policy changes that have taken place along the way that the federal government has made the decisions on, they are responsible for establishing the criteria for this particular program. If Members are interested, my department and I would certainly be happy to set up a meeting with a representative or representatives from Health Canada to meet with MLAs to talk about some of the changes that may have occurred in the policy over the past several years.

Mr. Nitah raises the point of responsibility and whose responsibility it was to protect the rights of aboriginal people in terms of the kinds of things that were covered in the Non-Insured Health Benefits Program. It would be good to speak to Health Canada about that and I would certainly be pleased to arrange for that.

As well, we have offered and could extend it to other Members as well, for senior people in the Department of Health and Social Services to meet with Members tomorrow at lunch time to have a more in-depth briefing with briefing materials available, to shed some more light on this particular program and what some of the challenges have been in administering it.

I have already extended that invitation to Mr. Nitah. We are planning to get together tomorrow at lunch time. Certainly if any of the other Members have a particular interest in this NIHB and what the next steps are -- for example, a meeting with Health Canada officials -- we might benefit from that. I would be happy to have that discussion. Thank you.