On that issue, I think we need to look at the Yellowknife consolidated clinic. In this budget it’s a capital item. Now that the DPW has recommended — and it’s in the books as the lease option — lease improvements, the tender will go out when the budget is passed. The expected opening time is October of ’09.
That is relevant, because the emergency unit of Stanton is not being used for what it was designed for. It was supposed to be for an emergency in a hospital. But as the Member is well aware, as is anybody who lives in Yellowknife and those who use services from out of Yellowknife, we are accustomed to going to that emergency unit for everything. With the consolidated clinic, what we hope to do is expand the hours of services so that we will have a clinic open there from 8 o’clock in the morning until midnight, if at all possible. People will know to go there, so the emergency unit at the hospital will be used only for hospital emergencies.
The new place will be furnished and fitted and designed to handle those emergency issues. I think the proper use and proper design will go a long way in addressing the security issues and staffing issues and administration issues.