I thank the Member for his words in this area and the interest he has for the facilities we have dealing with those seniors in the Northwest Territories — elders and working with the groups. I think the dementia facility is an example of a partnership between the government, NGOs and industry to make this possible. It’s that type of program — thinking outside the box — that allows this to happen. If we were to stick to our typical process, it would be much more problematic to do this and come up with a cost-effective way of doing this type of work.

Our experience in the North has been, when we look at areas of repatriation, that if we don’t have the facility in the North, we send people south for many of the needs that we can’t deliver in the Northwest Territories. Bringing them back to the Northwest Territories, where we’re building facilities and operating them, proves to be in most cases more expensive than doing it in other ways. But we do realize there’s a growing population. There are some of these services that we can bring back to the North, at least to one community or a few if that’s possible in the future. This project is one of those that aligns itself with a partnership with organizations, but it’s not without its challenges. Let’s put it that way. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.