Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, this primary health care transition fund, that Health Canada funded, was intended to improve access, accountability and integration of services as relates to the whole concept of primary care, and it allowed us in the Northwest Territories to advance 11 different projects, and we're going to get you that information. But the intent here was to look at program improvements.
When this was initially agreed to back in 2000, it was before we had nurse practitioners; it was before we had midwives; but it was when the concepts of integrated service delivery were being talked about and we were trying to figure out, between the doctors, the nurses and such, how do we do that. The improvements to the clinic, these particular improvements, were to allow that kind of integration so that there were adequate exam rooms and adequate facilities to allow nurse practitioners to start playing a role, to be able to allow the proper flow of clients and patients through the door. All the authorities were encouraged to put in their submissions, and there were 11 that were agreed to be funded by a committee that was struck. Once again, we'll get you that information.
So this was a territorial-wide initiative. In this case, it was to focus on how do we do business better with the doctors, the nurses; what were the newly-minted nurse practitioners; and since it has grown to add the midwives. I'd point out, as well, that we, as a government, have gone on to make our own commitments in terms of nurse practitioners and midwives and the integrated service delivery model which is a model that we set up for the whole Northwest Territories. Thank you.