Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the Member has once again raised a number of issues that, as he is aware, we are currently working on. We are in the process of trying to come up with a mutually convenient date so that we can do a tour of his constituency, as well. At that time I would look to further discussing some of the issues.

We are, as he indicated, committed to maintaining the programs and services throughout the fiscal exercises that we're currently engaged in. We have invested a significant amount of money in nurses. We have a considerable number of graduates now who are coming out of the nursing program at Aurora College, and we're now at a point of giving them enough experience so they can go into the communities and work on their own or with not much supervision. As well, we have to be able to convince the nurses who are graduating that it's worth their while to work in communities outside of the large centres. So we are making progress in this area, but not as fast as we would like. I acknowledge that up in the Beaufort it's still an issue, keeping nurses in the long term and there is still the issue of nurse closures both there and in the Mackenzie Delta and that's one of our challenges. Thank you.