Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, we recognize the urgency of this situation, which is why we've gone back in the interim for staffing increases and supportive home living increases. Very clearly, we want to be able to afford a plan that looks at all the communities that have long-term care facilities and cognitively impaired patients or residents. So we recognize that there's pressure in Yellowknife, there's pressure in Inuvik, there's pressure in Hay River, there's pressure in Fort Smith and Fort Simpson. We want to be able to address all those areas, and we want to be able to do it in a timely way. It's a question of identifying the cost for these renovations or the cost for a new structure, what kind of new structure, and then, as the Member indicated, moving through that multi-stage process, especially if it's new capital construction, to get it done as expeditiously as possible. Thank you.
Michael Miltenberger on Bill 3: Appropriation Act, 2003-2004
In the Legislative Assembly on February 19th, 2003. See this statement in context.
community Health Programs
Bill 3: Appropriation Act, 2003-2004
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