Thank you, Mr. Parker. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I certainly want to acknowledge the work that the department has been putting into it. Some capital money has been invested to make some improvements and also into training. Madam Chair, in that line, something that I am aware of is that in the city here, I can just talk about Yellowknife to the extent that I know, there are a number of families that are caring for parents mostly who are at some stage of this disease and who would very much benefit from day programming or some respite to help them do a better job and cope with this on a daily basis.

Madam Chair, what plans or what part of this plan would enable us to see more direct programming delivered to people who are now coping and caring for their own family members at home?

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the area that we are looking to enhance some of the care we do provide in the area of respite would be in our home care section as we have looked at beefing that up in the budget. As well, from the department, we are putting a package together that deals with the THAF funding where we can secure some more funds in there -- that's the funding that came through the federal government -- and draw that down and apply it to that area. That's still in the works.

So I guess at this point, too, we do have challenges in delivering the services here in the North. As well, we have to recognize the fact that the level of service we provide and the cost of that service in the Northwest Territories is probably one of the best in this country. In fact, it could probably add to some of our seniors' growth population as families become more aware of the services provided here in the Territories and the cost of those services. We are having people bring their families up North to take advantage of the program. So that is something we are faced with as part of our growth factor as well. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. General comments? Any further general comments? Break? General comments? Detail? Break? Okay. We'll come back to the detail after a 10-minute break. Thank you.

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Activity summary, directorate, operations expenditure summary, $6.044 million.

We are on page 6-15 under Health and Social Services.

Sandy...I mean Ms. Lee.

That's okay; my name is Sandy, too. On the travel expenses there, we see an increase of $30,000. Could I just get an explanation on that, please?

Thank you, Ms. Lee. You had a question. Did you want to clarify that question, Ms. Lee?

Thank you. It's on the item under travel. There is an increase from last year of about $30,000. Is that just a regular forced growth increase, or is there some other reasons for it?

Thank you, Ms. Lee. I don't know if we called that page yet. You are back on page 6-15? Okay. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the area of travel is an estimate from our 2006-07 mains to '07-08 just dealing with the forced growth for the travel the department has planned. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Page 6-15, activity summary, directorate, operations expenditure summary, $6.044 million.

Page 6-21, activity summary, program delivery support, operations expenditure summary, $28.172 million.

Thank you. I want to give Members a chance to read. Not everyone is as familiar with the budget. Page 6-23, activity summary, program delivery support, grants and contributions, contributions $14.717 million. Mr. Lafferty.

Mahsi, Madam Chair. I'd just like to question on the telehealth coordinators in the communities. The $500,000 has been allocated as a main estimate. I'm just curious, Madam Chair, about the communities that are equipped with the telehealth system. How many communities are equipped and how many are still outstanding to date? Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Mr. Roland.