Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the issue of repatriation and providing, as a government, services to the people we serve within the territory is not a new concept. If we look back to 1967 when the government came north and the services that were there then and the services that are here now clearly indicate that we have been evolving over the years and decades and that there are a tremendous amount of services we provide in house, be it in education where we now can do college or some university accreditation, or in health and social services where we have group homes, we have childcare facilities, we have facilities for seniors and the tertiary level care services we provide at Stanton. So it's not correct to say that repatriation is just an issue that just popped up today. In this particular case there's an issue with a group home in Alberta and we're dealing with that issue. Are we looking at repatriation? Yes, we are. Are we going to put it into our longer-term plans? It's there; we're trying to do as the Member, my colleague from RWED, indicated. We are currently under a number of fiscal restraints trying to look at realizing some savings, and within that context we are trying to operate and we are going to look at this particular issue. I've indicated in this House to the Member for Hay River South that we are going to look at some immediate possibilities, as well as the longer term. So, yes, it's on our radar and, yes, we're acting on it. Thank you.
Michael Miltenberger on Question 197-15(3): Repatriation Of Disabled Clients In Southern Institutions
In the Legislative Assembly on June 2nd, 2004. See this statement in context.
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Item 6: Oral Questions
June 1st, 2004
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