Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the report that was done on the ambulance and highway rescue, what you see here is the first phase of it. The $100,000 is the Department of Health and Social Services' piece. That is working on creating the legislation. Municipal and Community Affairs has $200,000 that is available to communities that are delivering their own ambulance services at this time. There were a number of options in the final report, five of them to be exact. One, for example, was option one which was the status quo, no changes, let everybody do what they are doing. Option 1(a) was status quo with some minor enhancements. Option 2 was the status quo with GNWT legislation, and option 3 was GNWT legislates and delivers ground ambulance and highway rescue services. Option 4 was GNWT legislates ground ambulance and highway rescue services and contracts services for the private sector. What the Department of Health and Social Services and Municipal and Community Affairs are working towards is option 3. So we are looking at the first stages of dealing with those communities that provide that service on their own. There are a number of communities that it is delivered through health authorities. So that is being left as it is. The Department of Health and Social Services is working on creation of the legislation that is required to begin to occupy that field. Thank you.
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