Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Getting back to the need for day care centres in the Northwest Territories. On our unscheduled break, we had an opportunity to listen to the news. One of the stories that was aired was the hospitalizations of people in Canada. In the South, a lot of them have to do with problems of the heart. In the Northwest Territories, the majority of people in the hospitals are there for giving birth.
There is a need. I acknowledge that the Minister has agreed with me, almost echoing what I said in answering the question that I posed to him.
What is the department doing in conjunction with other departments of this government and other governments of Canada in building infrastructure in the communities that could be used as day cares?
There is a Tinkering Tot program in Lutselk'e. It is in the community hall. It is very difficult to utilize the community hall because of Tinkering Tots. When there is something scheduled, the Tinkering Tots program suffers. I understand there are programs that the government has out there in early childhood development, but those programs are for educational purposes. What I am talking about is day cares for infancy all the way up to the age of ten or beyond. What is the department doing outside of the programs they are currently delivering to create infrastructure that could be utilized as day cares in northern communities? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.