Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In my Member's statement today, I spoke of a problem from a constituent point of view where they require coverage for a certain medical condition that their child has, but there seems to be gaps out there because they do not have insurance. It's coupled by the government policy that does not recognize being born with a club foot as a defined medical condition. So I look to the Premier today to see if he will look into and get back to me to find out what the criteria is required to have a medical condition put on the specified medical conditions list. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. The honourable Premier, Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, as requested, I'll have our people in health look into this and let the Member know how you add this to the list. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Supplementary, Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. At this time, can I ask the Premier to look into the status of the review of our Supplementary Health Benefits Program and have the Department of Health get back to me on that matter, as well? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Handley.

Mr. Speaker, yes, I will raise that with the Minister of Health as soon as I have an opportunity. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Supplementary, Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this is great to have yes answers. It's quite unusual.

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Mr. Speaker, can the Premier commit today to having those who are doing this review of our Supplementary Health Benefits Program evaluate and see if they can include, during this review and this update, club foot as a medical condition that we cover fully? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Handley.

Yes, Mr. Speaker.

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Thank you, Mr. Handley. Final Supplementary, Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My last question to the Premier is, quality of life is very important. During this debate in the House we talk about people afflicted with quality of life issues that stop them from having a regular standard of life, which I think is very important. Mr. Speaker, will the Premier do what he can, will he tell me today what he can do to look into making sure that we put people first before paperwork, because we have a constituent who has medical treatment outstanding. What can we do to ensure people are put first? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I will talk to the Minister of Health tomorrow morning. He will read our dialogue here in Hansard and I'm sure undertake to get back to the Member as quickly as he can. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Tu Nedhe, Mr. Villeneuve.

Thank you, Mr. Villeneuve. The honourable Minister responsible for Environment and Natural Resources, Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I couldn't have made the point better if I wrote it myself. Mr. Speaker, there is no doubt, and I don't think any Member of this House will challenge the fact that we need more information, we need better information, and that the information is never going to be satisfactory to everybody. We've taken it upon ourselves through the Caribou Management Strategy to do a number of things and that involves consultation with many people, many organizations, and many governments. We've attempted to do that in the last 15 months, to go out there and meet with the different co-management groups, to meet with the different parties that use the land or the caribou. It's been very costly. Surveys are very expensive. Helicopter time is very expensive. We've been spending an average of about $600,000 a year on caribou and counting caribou. We need to do more. We also need to be able to get a better handle on the harvest numbers. What are the aboriginal populations taking? What are the resident hunters taking? What are the outfitters taking? What is being left behind on the land? There are a number of things we still have to count and analyze, but how comprehensive is a comprehensive study? Do we start counting other herds that are not even in our jurisdiction? We have to start working with Nunavut; we have to work with Saskatchewan, other governments to do a comprehensive survey. Right now we're using the precautionary principle of we know the herds are crashing and we have to make some decisions and those are tough ones, but we'll continue to move forward. We'll gather information. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Supplementary, Mr. Villeneuve.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do realize the complexity and the vast amount of resources required to carry out, you know, to get some more definitive numbers on the caribou populations. But I'm just not sure if the Minister is really pushing the fact that the caribou are so important here in the NWT. I don't think there is any excuse as to say well, we should have done this, we have to do that, we're going to do this...

Do you have a question, Mr. Villeneuve?

...just something that we really have to take more seriously and push forward on more diligently, I guess. I just would like to see the Minister say this is what we have planned.

Do you have a question, Mr. Villeneuve? Do you have a question?