Thank you, Ms. Lee. Then honourable Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the department has been working diligently on the conclusion of the final draft of the supplementary health benefits review, and the plan is to have that available to be circulated to MLAs and stakeholders in its draft form before the end of session. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, could you give me any indication as to whether or not there were any new diseases or conditions added for eligible coverage and would one of them be the Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome that I had mentioned? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. The honourable Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the draft supplementary health benefits review document is quite complex with a number of very fundamental changes and options suggested, and you've raised that. They are going to take some discussion, and I appreciate the Member's patience and growing impatience on this issue. In the interim while we do the review and we find out where we are going to go in a broader sense with this overall program, I am prepared to make an exception under the extended health benefits program for Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome so that we can deal with the specific issue she has brought forward on behalf of her constituent. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don't want to do anything that might spoil the commitment I just got from the Minister, but as a Member we are always taken aback when we get this big announcement as a surprise in the House. Mr. Speaker, could the Minister come to the committee and give us a briefing, as he has indicated that it is very complex and we weren't aware of anything like that happening? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. The honourable Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the reason we are putting this out in the draft form is so that we can have the necessary discussion on the content and what is recommended, and direction. It is not going to be the final document, so I would be happy to appear before the social programs committee to make sure they get the information. Hopefully we have enough time that they can look at it. I know everybody's agendas are chock full between now and the end of session. In fact it is going to extend beyond the life of the 14th Assembly. We'll have the information out there and we would be happy to meet with the committee. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Your final supplementary, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, may I just ask the Minister to make the commitment to see if we could finalize this before the end of this Assembly, because it has been studied for two years and I do believe that is long enough. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. The honourable Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger.

Mr. Speaker, this particular issue and the options and recommendations being made and the work that is being done, I would ask and suggest is complex and we are not going to be in a position to make any final decisions within the life of this government. We want to set the pieces in place so that the good work that's been done can provide information and advice to the incoming government. Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, I can't commit to that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, Mr. Krutko.