Thank you, Madam Chair. We do come from small communities, not like Inuvik and Yellowknife and Hay River. The doctor comes about once every six months. That's a long time for some patients if the nurses can't diagnose the problem. It is a big concern in the smaller communities. Granted, like I said earlier, Madam Chair, they can grab a phone and talk to Inuvik if there is a problem, but it's very important that the patient should have access to the right medical care that they require. I just don't happen to see, especially in my region, if something happens and it's misdiagnosed because the government can be liable if something happened like that, just like what happened in this case. The parents probably could have done something with it. Again, I wish the Minister could assure me, Madam Chair. I take it for granted that the nurses who come to the small communities should be qualified and they should have more authority when they do make a diagnosis on whether that person should really be sent to a regional health board, if not even further, say, to Stanton.
Madam Chair, I just want to make sure that the Minister will commit that these people, the nurses in the small communities, are qualified and will make the right diagnosis at the right time and be able to get the assistance the patients require. Thank you, Madam Chair.