Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, we keep our policies and regulations consistent with other jurisdictions and with the federal government. If a person is just here on a work visa, it has to be specific to the community in which they are working. If you have landed immigrant status you are eligible. Marriage to a Canadian citizen without taking the steps to deal with your visa or your immigrant status does not necessarily qualify a person for health care.

There are a number of issues that come up. We deal with them all on a case-by-case basis because they all tend to have unique circumstances. The Member is correct; the majority of concerns arise out of Yellowknife, given the size of the community and the magnitude of the community that it is in terms of employment and the transient nature of some of the population. So we attempt to be as responsive as possible, and I think I have dealt with about every Yellowknife MLA at one time or another with immigration issues in their constituencies. So it is a difficult area where there are a lot of unique circumstances. Thank you.