Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will answer the seniors' facility in Deline first, before I go into the area needs. I have been working with the Minister of Health in regards to the Deline facility. We have struck a committee to look at some options for that facility. It did go back to the community. There was a band council resolution passed to use it as a community service centre to provide health and elders' care programs out of that centre. Along with myself and the Minister of Health, we have sort of verbally agreed that we will look at trying to get in there and meet the community's request.
When it comes to seniors' facilities, I know we have had a lot of discussions here about seniors' facilities and why they are not being occupied and also who pays the cost. The present arrangement we have is that we construct the facilities and operate them. The Department of Health and Social Services pays the O and M and the cost to operate and maintain those facilities. The decision to determine where seniors' facilities go is done by surveys done by the Department of Health and Social Services and ourselves in regards to numbers of seniors in the communities in the region, and then the region makes a decision on allocation, where those facilities should go. I know this question has been raised in my travels in the Sahtu, in Deline, also in Fort Good Hope and in other communities that they want these facilities in their communities. But I have always stated that decision has to be made by the Sahtu Health and Social Services Board. They are the ones that develop health infrastructure in communities from health centres, to seniors' facilities, to care facilities. That decision has to be made by the Sahtu Health and Social Services Board. We are still waiting for them to make that decision. We have made the decision between the Minister of Health and myself to proceed with the motion we have received to look at converting the seniors' facility in Deline into a community service centre to provide services to seniors and care providers. Thank you.