I did catch the Minister’s reference that when the budget is approved, the contract will go out. Just kidding there.
I’m very supportive of the consolidated clinic. I understand the reasoning the Minister has provided there, and I’m anxious for that to be in place. I hope the Minister will look to dealing with the situation in other ways in the short term, between now and October of ’09 or whenever that clinic is in place.
Moving on to another subject here, I’d like to just mention the health care cards. There are 42,000 people, roughly, in the Northwest Territories and 44,000 cards out there. Of course, just issuing and administering those cards costs dollars. If the additional 2,000 are used, the costs would be greater, and there’d be pressure on our systems and so on. I’m wondering if the Minister has come up with a solution that’s reflected in the budget here today, and what’s being done on that situation.