Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd be happy to share with the Member my preliminary thoughts on that particular issue. It's not one where there is clear consensus, but if the Member will also look into the statement I made earlier today, I identified a number of issues we raised with Minister Dosanjh that are outstanding, yet to be resolved, very fundamental issues about the service delivery model of the federal government; for example, the almost complete disconnect between DIAND and Health Canada and how they deliver services, non-insured health benefits, medical services to the Indian and Inuit people. The fact that we carry tens of millions of dollars in arrears from DIAND is a very fundamental issue that we can look at. It's going to give us, hopefully, the capacity to look pan-territorially at some of these very fundamental issues, like diabetes strategies, if we're going to make a dent in the health indicators and the personal choice issues. Those are very common among all three territories, and the federal government has a clear major fiduciary responsibility for health for aboriginal people in the Northwest Territories and across this country. How do we make best use of whatever funds may be available under the aboriginal health fund that was set up?

One of the other possibilities that has been floated out there is the possibility of the creation of a northern centre of excellence. We have other centres of excellence across the country for different things. We may have the opportunity here to have some seed money to look at getting a centre of northern excellence that will help us deal with some of these organizational issues, some of these health issues. How do we come up with an effective diabetes strategy, or a northern response to FASD, in a more focused, coordinated way that has four major players: the three territories and the federal government?

I think there is tremendous potential here and it's a recognition, I think, of the Member's concern about sustainability. We can put money into the programs, but if we don't have a real forum that brings all the major players together, this will be an opportunity, I think, to help do that. Thank you.