Members noted that under grants and contributions for community health programs, there is a heading entitled Health Awareness, Activities and Education. This money is supposedly for organizations and local governments to promote increased understanding of health awareness, health related activities and education.

In actual fact, the $143,000 listed is a grant made to the Dene Nation and there is no other money available to organizations and local governments for health awareness. This grant followed the transfer of health programs from the federal government in 1988.

The Minister has provided the committee with information on the programs and services that the Dene Nation uses the $143,000 for.

In the future, members would like to see this grant properly identified as going to the Dene Nation.

Mr. Chairman, that concludes our report on the review of the 2002-2003 main estimates for the Department of Health and Social Services.