Thank you, Madam Chair. I just have a few quick remarks in regard to the opening remarks by the Minister. It is good to see that there is more funding in regard to recruitment and retention of nurses and also, hopefully down the road, social workers. In Ulukhaktok, they are having a hard time to recruit a social worker. I think the department that we have should start looking at it.
The other comment, Madam Chair, is in regard to the homelessness. It is good to see that there is money for homelessness. Again, it is a broader picture where somewhere down the road we have to get this problem addressed in terms of not only in my riding but across the territory. This is becoming a problem. I think the department should work with the Minister of the Housing Corporation and ECE to really address this problem down the road.
The last comment I would like to make and maybe have a question for the Minister is with regard to the services for people. Back home in the smaller communities, we do have eye doctors, dental clinics and doctors that come down to the smaller communities outside of larger centres. One of the problems that they are encountering is that they are only there for two or three days. With the amount of clients that they have to see, they work 12 to 14 hour days and it doesn't give them enough time to actually go through the whole list of people that have to come down to see these people. Will the Minister direct the regional hospitals in terms of trying to find ways to address this problem regarding the amount of time these people will go to the small communities for medical reasons? Thank you.