Thank you, Madam Chair. The big push for our health in the region is to have some influence through one example is the Northern Stores and the products they sell. A lot of our children are, I guess through promotion and education, buying healthy foods, but the cost of healthy food is fairly high. So a lot of pop, chips and candy are being sold to our kids out there, and pretty soon we wonder why our kids are so overweight and some of them may be prone to early diabetes, dental problems, and all kinds of other sickness that goes along with not eating healthy foods. I think that's something that this government or this department could look at and encourage having some incentives for communities to direct them to eat healthy foods and live a healthy lifestyle. I hope that through the life of this government we can do that: promote healthy lifestyles in our communities.
The potential of the Mackenzie gas pipeline down the Northwest Territories corridor is scary because of the high degree of potential diseases that could have an impact on the communities. For myself, in terms of this department, the direction is to get down to the brass knuckles and start having some really good, solid health programs in the communities that they can buy into and get involved in terms of promoting healthy lifestyles to our people and our children, and also at the same time, supporting our health care workers and giving them the proper support to look at difference ways of delivering health. We have some good ideas in the Sahtu in terms of how health should be dealt with, but sometimes we run up against the wall of bureaucracy or the system. It doesn't make sense sometimes, and I think that's something we could be looking to. The people in the Sahtu and the department had some unique discussions in terms of how health should be done. Some of the issues in the Sahtu; for example, Colville Lake, on the Minister's tour that we look at Colville Lake as one nursing station that certainly could use some help from this department. There is a lack of nurses available in the Sahtu region, and I think the amount of work the nurses do and the burnout that the community could help. I believe the communities can help our health care workers, just give us the opportunity to be involved in the health care system. That's all I have to say, Madam Chair, for my comments. If the Minister wants to respond, it will be up to him. Thank you.