Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, one of the concerns we have in a lot of the small communities is that we do not seem to receive the services we should be receiving, especially from the regional health centres and what not in our communities. I think that you have all the specialists, the mental health specialist, the alcohol and drug specialist...you have all of these positions filled at the regional health centres, but there seems to be a real lack of visits and what not to our communities.

It seems like a lot of times these people are spending time dealing with regional issues at the regional health centres but not providing the service to the communities.

I would like to ask the Minister, will he consider looking at the reallocation of those resources and those positions to communities that would want to take on those responsibilities, especially where they do have a large population base?

In the communities I represent, Fort McPherson is almost at a thousand people and Aklavik is at 800. I think the communities have made it clear to this government that they want to take on more programs and services and deliver those programs and services at the community level.

I would like to ask the Minister, what are you doing to ensure communities are able to carry out programs and services in their communities on behalf of the representatives in their communities?