I have two more questions. The other question I have is regarding FASD. Is the department looking at working with community Members, especially the mothers, in terms of testing for FASD? There is an article here from the doctor's office on screening methods in terms of early prevention.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, we have programs and staff in the field who are geared to work with pregnant mothers first to convince them not to drink, that one drink when you are pregnant is too much and having the babies born healthy. Then we have a number of other services that we are constantly dealing with with those children, youth and adults who are afflicted with FASD, which is a whole other area. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Yakeleya.

My last point, Mr. Chairman, is the dollars that are being transferred over from the federal government to the territorial government were expansion dollars that were for the regional health authorities and boards, capital infrastructures, similar to the one we are looking at setting up in the Sahtu for assistance in putting together their health boards. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The money voted by the Assembly for the Sahtu board is territorial money. It doesn't come from any specific program or fund. We made the political decision to proceed with that and we voted the funds to do that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. I have Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to bring up something I feel really strongly about and that is the health informatics system that is being introduced all over the country and something the Minister and the department has started a pilot project on. I would like to see a day in the not-too-distant future where patients could go anywhere where they are getting health care where there will be a virtually paperless environment. If anybody goes to the Adam Dental Clinic in Yellowknife, their office has really taken on this system where all the X-rays is on their computer system, all their appointments, they have files on everybody and it's amazing how they work. I think we should hire them. They should at least be used as a model. They have a TV screen where you can see the inside of your mouth while just laying on the dentist chair. Anyhow, I don't see why we can't do that for health clinics. I know that a pilot project is being done in the Great Slave Medical Clinic. I would like to get an update from the Minister as to where this is at. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I share the Member's intense interest in this area and see it as a very critical piece of support for the health and social services system. We are investing money in this. We have Infoway working with us and helping to fund our effort in electronic health records. We are looking at a pilot project, but we are looking at trying to make it system-wide. We have $459,000 dedicated to the electronic medical and patient records project. There is a preliminary analysis fee, which will be a system-wide review. It will embrace patient referral patterns both in and out of the Territories. We are going to be looking at using the whole $459,000 to get set up to do that and once that's clear, working with Infoway, we want to move on the actual implementation. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I understand that the pilot project started at Great Slave Clinic a few months back, within the last six months, I can't keep track of time. I think there are some projects being done in other parts of the NWT. Can I get an update on how the pilot project went and what's the time frame? Is the department going to try it for three months or six months? Could I get an idea of what we are to expect? Is there only one going on in Yellowknife or am I right in thinking there might be something going on in Hay River as well? I appreciate the dollar amounts the Minister gave me, although I don't think that's big enough. I would like to know the project, the scope and the rollout plan of the project, please.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Murray.

Thank you, Mr. Murray. Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am aware of some of the things Mr. Murray had outlined about the kinds of things that informatics can do and I also think that the potential for this is the way the system could link up all of the communities in the North eventually and have the patients be accessible to health care professionals in a more efficient way and in a way that's not possible now, as well as making things paperless. I am still not getting a clear picture about what the department has planned. I understand the department wants to tap into some of the resources that the federal government is offering, but what is the plan after this pilot project in Great Slave Medical Clinic is done? Are they supposed to get together and look at how it went? Is there another series of communities that are waiting for this to be coming to them? What is the terms of reference of this project? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Murray.

Thank you, Mr. Murray. Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Am I to understand that the future and the viability of this project and the possibility of implementing the informatics system to more parts of the NWT other than Yellowknife, or even Yellowknife, does all that depend on the funding from elsewhere? Is there any plan on the part of the government to put some money into this?

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Murray.

Thank you, Mr. Murray.