Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The breakdown for the $11.5 million accumulated deficit is for $7.4 million for the fiscal year ’07–08, $5.8 million for ’06–07 and $3.2 million for ’05–06. Another thing I want to say is that the public administrator functions like a board but with detailed instruction and interaction with me as to what work he’s doing on the ground at the hospital. It doesn’t necessarily mean he has to be at the hospital. When he was here for three weeks, he interviewed staff and management extensively at the hospital. He continues to work on this issue even though he’s not on the ground.
Going forward, one thing we are doing differently is that FMBS has directed me, as the Minister, to come back to the authority on a quarterly basis to get an update on exactly what the fiscal situation of each health authority is so we stay on top of the financial picture of the authorities. As a department we need to continue to work on system-wide initiatives to make sure we have a good handle on exactly what is a cost driver and what efficiencies could be found, if any, and what structural or other changes need to be made. I think the zero-based review gave us a good guideline, and it will be used to do work in Inuvik as well. Right now the public administrator at Stanton Territorial Hospital Authority is using the information gained from zero-based review and doing more detailed analysis on the ground level to get more information about what is driving the deficit and how we could prevent it from going forward.