Thank you. Mr.
Speaker,
$244 will seem like a very small amount of money when we have to start sending these children on medical travel down to Edmonton or other places. In fact, no other place in the Northwest Territories wants to do dental surgery anymore — only Hay River. It is an affordable place to go. The alternative is much, much more expensive.
Would the Minister commit to continuing to work with NIHB and her department to try to find a way to fund this difference between what NIHB is currently paying and what the actual cost of these services is? I don’t think we can ask the dentists to do it, but we do need a solution. Will the Minister commit to work toward that?