Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, first I'd like to assure this House, in as strong as possible terms, that there's no way that we would ever use health programs and services as a shell game or as chess pieces. We have a very high level of service that we provide and we're committed to doing that, but we're committed, very clearly, to moving forward in a careful systematic way that recognizes that Stanton is a key piece and part of a broader system. Madam Chair, we have invested, in previous years, $1.3 million. We're investing over $1 million this year, and in subsequent years there will be more invested. We have money in the budget for an emergency, as well, and we're bringing forward the consolidated clinics. So we're trying to look at this in a comprehensive way that recognizes that these are all linked. If we're going to do system improvements, you can't look at any one facility in isolation.

In regards to the doctors, Madam Chair, the resources we have committed in the past are there for doctors, that we are constantly recruiting, that we are committed to providing those services not only here in Stanton and in Yellowknife or Health and Social Services, but in Inuvik and in Hay River. We've got doctors' positions funded for the Sahtu, Tlicho, as well as additional support for the Dehcho, as well as all the other services, though, the doctors are critical players in the health care system. We are also trying to design the system, as I indicated earlier, for example, with the clinic in Yellowknife, to give the doctors a greater ability to see patients more effectively by giving them capacity to do basic testing, better waiting rooms so that there is no waiting, better scheduling systems so we don't lose patients because they don't show up and the doctors don't have a patient waiting to see them. So this is an issue, but doctors are consummate professionals and dedicated to their craft and we're working with them to ensure that we have a strong system. We're putting in nurse practitioners, as well. We're going to be looking at the other end to upgrade licensed practical nurses to, as well, provide greater support. Thank you.