Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have some questions for Cabinet based on the Deputy Premier's response. I will just leave it to any Minister to answer this. I notice in reading from this response that these are pretty workable recommendations.

Somewhere in the statement, the government states that the ten recommendations are workable, that they can respond to this. It says here, at the end of the first page, it states, "Mr. Speaker, we are pleased to see that the working group developed a small and manageable set of ten recommendations." Those recommendations are clearly stated and laid out and I will not read further there. I have to wonder on what basis Cabinet can be confident about and write prior to that, just the previous paragraph there, it says in the same statement by the Deputy Premier, that through the guidance of the working group, the people of the Northwest Territories have a draft social plan that makes concrete and achievable recommendations about how to improve the overall system.

In reading the recommendations, I am not sure the government can say with confidence that these are achievable recommendations. I appreciate the government will not be the only actor in this regard, but recommendation 8 where it speaks to policies, legislation and standards, I think it is safe to assume it will be largely up to the government to implement these recommendations.

This document not only has recommendations, but it explains how the Social Agenda Working Group foresees these recommendations. They are very detailed in laying out how they think this should be done. For example, recommendation 8 where the policies and guidelines in legislation should be done in a way to meet minimum standards for programs and services. They should also review existing policies, legislation and standards to protect the public, guide service providers, ensure that people have access to care no matter where they live, ensure that people receive an adequate and safe level of care.

These are pretty huge demands. These are not simple, workable concrete recommendations. I would like to accept the government's position that they see these as workable, but given what I have been hearing in the House and the lack of money for health care and every other care provider, I would like to hear on what basis the government feels confident they can recommend implementing these things.

Before I hand over the floor, I want to refer to a section here for the benefit of the Minister of Health, in light of what I have been talking to him about. There is a quote here on that same page, page 32 of the Social Agenda Working Group report, which says, "Government should ask clients and front-line workers to sit down with government leaders to review directives, policies and legislation for relevancy." I would think that a debt recovery time for a hospital is a policy that the Minister would have to talk to the front-line workers about.

I also want to just make a note of the second paragraph under policies, legislation and standards on page 31. When I read this, I felt like these people were talking about me and what I had to go through. It says:

Other people we have talked to have wondered why people responded to questions with complicated answers. Their questions were about how to meet their basic needs, like having a roof over their heads or enough money to feed their children. Sometimes government workers quoted policies or legislation to provide information. This didn't help.

I must say, Mr. Chairman, that I could not have said it better. I can say that I have been getting very complicated answers to very simple questions, like what is the Minister planning on doing before he implements an action plan that is supposed to be done by 2003? What is he going to do now to address the shortage of health care workers that is making it difficult for women to get a mammogram or to get physiotherapy? They cannot get surgery that they need for the summer. They have to go elsewhere. Those are pretty simple questions like, how am I going to get a roof over my head and feed my children? It is as basic as that, and then I get a response from the government saying, "I am sticking with the plan, I am sticking with my policy, I am sticking with my debt recovery plan and my numbers jibe and I do not really care about your simple questions."

Perhaps the Minister and the government should take heed of that and appreciate and understand what it is they are promising. Based on the Minister's statement and the Deputy Premier's statement in response to this group, they have already promised a lot and I hope they are able to deliver on what they have already promised. I would like to get the government's position on what basis they are able to make that commitment. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.