I think we should make every attempt to find the reasons these health centres are closed, why people can’t access services at their local health clinics or health centres and have to make their own way to Inuvik to see a doctor or get medical attention on their own. I think if that’s the trend we’re seeing, we should have a system in place and make it clear that people will establish clinics in Inuvik so the outlying communities can come in, go to those clinics and receive the service and attention they should.
Since the Minister made a reference that access to service isn’t guaranteed in every community as long
as you make the attempt to provide that service, I’m trying to build on that comment. I’d like to ask the Minister if we can statistically show that more people are going to the regional centres for those services because those services aren’t being provided in their communities.