Mr. Speaker, it’s fundamental that we do provide programs and services in communities. Simply having a mental health worker, an alcohol/drug worker or even a community nurse.... At least it’s something. But when you do not have any of those aspects in your communities, the services and the people’s well-being are undermined.
So I would like to ask the Minister: exactly why is it that the Department of Health and Social Services in the Inuvik region has a policy as a budget reduction exercise to not fill vacancies?