Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister responsible for Health and Social Services, the Honourable Jane Groenewegen. During the November session, the Minister stated that it is not that the department wants to get away from residential treatment programs, but that they are fairly costly to run.
Last week, I received information from a Minister indicating that the department spent over $325,000 in this fiscal year sending people to southern facilities. This cost does not include the associated travel costs.
Can the Minister tell me what the associated travel costs are for sending Northerners to southern treatment centres? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.