Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There is the whole issue of the human resource management for the government as a whole, and health care professionals, that we could spend lots of time talking about, but let me try...There are so many issues in this department other than that that I need to address with the Minister and we have changed the format. This is now the opportunity for us to do this.
How am I going to do this? Let me just bring the Minister's attention back to the Stanton hospital for now. On the human resources plan and how he does it on the new section, I am looking forward to seeing him perhaps bringing a plan to the Social Programs committee within the near future, so we can discuss that further.
But with respect to Stanton hospital, I feel that there Stanton still needs a bit of revitalization and there are some low morale issues and there are the recruiting and retention issues. I am not getting as many phone calls as I used to before, I will tell you that, but there are still ongoing issues. I think the fact that they have not had a permanent CEO in a long time, I know that it's going through a recruiting process and I would like to know from the Minister where he is at on that issue.
Also, I would like to know if the Minister has given any thought to constituting a board at the Stanton hospital. I know the Minister and I, we have together, along with the Member from Hay River South, worked on the review of boards, but quite separate from that a time is coming, or a time is here, or a time has come where we should look at having a board reconstituted for Stanton. It could be made up of chairs of other regional boards, understanding that the Stanton is a territorial board. The Minister does have a vision on how everything should fit in, I do believe, and he's been in this job for probably longer than most people were before. He's had at least four years, if not more, and I can see that he can see Stanton as a specialized field that not only delivers specialized services for the territorial residents, but be a support for the regional satellite hospitals and authorities, and he is working also to strengthen them, as well. I can see where he is going with that, but I think there is still room for consolidation of clinics and primary health care going on and ISDM. There is just so much we could discuss here.
Let me just ask the Minister if he would consider doing that. For the Stanton hospital to have gone through the administrators, looking for CEOs without the board, they are going through a master plan. There are a lot of changes going on with respect to emergency units and just the delivery of health care services, not only in Yellowknife, but the whole Territories. I would like to know where those ideas might fit into that picture. Thank you.