Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Another concern I have with respect to the Nurse Practitioner Program is that after the training is received, there is a return of service agreement, a contract that needs to be entered into. Positions are not that plentiful for nurse practitioners. Another deterrent I guess to experienced northern nurses taking this is the fact that theoretically there is no assurance that they can return to their original community to fulfill that role as a nurse practitioner. If there is no job open, what are they supposed to do with those skills?
They are required to have a return of service, but if they can't go back to their own community, if the department can't employ and accommodate their new skills in the community that they are from, I think that that would be a huge obstacle to wanting to do that. They could end up anyplace in the Territories where they had an opening for a nurse practitioner. Thank you.