We certainly do recognize the

value of the Community Health Nurse Development Program, and it is actually a program that I think was initiated in the Northwest Territories, or at least we’ve put significant investment into it.

The difficulty we have with expansion of that program — considering that we do have a lot of candidates who would be prepared to participate in it — is that we have to find a balance between the current experience and expertise we have in our communities to be able to receive new grads and give them the kind of work experience they would need to be successful in the program. So there’s a limited number of people we can take.

The funding is really not a huge issue for us at the current time because of the Wait Times Reduction fund and THAF funds we have available to us. We would be happy to take all comers if we could provide them with valuable learning experience within our community health centres, but we’re limited in terms of the capacity we have to provide teaching opportunities in the health centres.