Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we do have some more detail in terms of how the $150 million is going to be allocated. There is a $75 million travel fund over five years. It is going to be split between the three territories: 70 percent to Nunavut, 20 percent to the Northwest Territories, and 10 percent to the Yukon, which will bring our share roughly to about $3 million a year. With regard to the territorial health access fund, it is $65 million over five years. It is going to be split equally among the three jurisdictions. Our share will be roughly $4.3 million a year. There is also $2 million a year for five years for a territorial working group for the three territories and the federal government to have the resources to look at how we can better address the specific northern health issues that are out there. We are still waiting to get clarification on the territorial health access fund in terms of whether it will be a grant or a contribution, which could have an impact on our formula funding arrangement with the federal government. We are also waiting to get clarified further with the federal Minister in regards to the territorial health access fund, the basket of services that would be funded through that particular fund. The request from ourselves has been that we be given the money, we put it to our northern priorities, and we will call for it at the end of the year from a broad basket of agreed to services. It was really a positive step forward. When the Minister goes down next week, they will be looking for some further, more specific detail that lies not with the Department of Health Canada, but with federal Finance. We had a brief Cabinet meeting this morning, on the outcome of the weekend meeting. Thank you.
Michael Miltenberger on Question 240-15(3): Details Of Additional Federal Health Funding
In the Legislative Assembly on October 18th, 2004. See this statement in context.
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