Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. The honourable Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the issue of the dementia facility is one that the department has been involved with. Initially, as Members are aware, the YACCS group had approached the department and Members for support at looking at a dementia facility. The department came up with some funding for planning and that planning has progressed with the group. Just recently, as I took over as Minister of Health and Social Service, I sat down with the YACCS organization and department representatives to go over where the plan was and a need to coordinate between the department and YACCS, and we have done so. The working relationship has been very cooperative in that area. An RFP was just recently put out to look at the costing of that facility. Once we have that costing, we will then be able to sit down and see how, as a department, we can put it into our infrastructure plan. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Supplementary, Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would hope that it is included in the infrastructure plan in the very near future. Another thing I mentioned in my Member's statement was the obvious difference between care and level of services that one with Alzheimer's could receive here in the Northwest Territories as opposed to if you're in Edmonton or if you're in another province. I'd like to ask the Minister, in terms of level of service, does the Department of Health and Social Services have a policy on care of Alzheimer's patients here in the Northwest Territories? Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the area of Alzheimer's in the Northwest Territories, through the department, as the Member had highlighted in his Member's statement, we do address that through our existing facilities in hospitals that we do have in the Northwest Territories. We continue to work with, for example, with YACCS about the new dementia facility and what can be incorporated in that. But at this point forward, we are delivering that service through our existing facilities in the Northwest Territories. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Final supplementary, Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think there would be a difference in a couple of areas. One, the level of service or dedicated program to people who suffer from Alzheimer's as well as other dementia issues. That's one for sure we've been working on. In fact, we continue to work with the YACCS organization and integrating a respite program for families that help deal with other family members, we're working and moving that ahead as soon as we can. In fact, this fiscal year we started doing some of that work with them. The other side of it -- and I think it's one of the things we look at here in the North -- is that when it comes to not only the level of care but the cost of providing that care in the Northwest Territories, in the Northwest Territories we, as a government, pick up the large part of that tab whereas in the South individuals and families are paying for that service themselves. So we have to come up with an appropriate balance, both on the level of programming as well as the cost of that programming in the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Nunakput, Mr. Pokiak.