We’re in a position where we

have to find a balance between the number of nurse practitioners we can take into the system, and providing a meaningful experience for them so they’ll be able to train themselves up to practise as nurse practitioners and also be able to practise to their full scope once they’re in a position.

We are fortunate to have more-than-adequate funding currently from the federal government, through THAF and also through the Wait Times Reduction Program, to take as many nurse practitioners as our system can accommodate. So that leaves us in the position to be able to reduce funding to the program from the Government of the Northwest Territories, and use this third-party funding to fund as many positions as we would be able to accommodate.