Thank you. I've lived in the Northwest Territories almost my whole life, but I do know when I was a kid growing up in Ontario, my parents used to get a bill occasionally that was the Ontario health insurance premium, and for a family it was a certain amount and for an individual it was a certain amount and people paid it, I don't know, on a quarterly basis and they bought health insurance and it was not particularly overly expensive. I don't know what it is now because I haven't lived there for over 30 years and I'm not sure if they still charge that. I want the Minister to elaborate a little bit for me on why the federal government would take the kind of a clawback or diminished services approach if we were trying to do something separate that would be funded by the people who subscribe to the service? Why would the federal government have an issue with that in terms of the other supports they provide to the people who are covered? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Jane Groenewegen on Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 20th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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