Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the question from the Member. As the Member is aware, I have been to Tsiigehtchic twice since I became a Minister, and I have had meetings with the community. The Member has talked to me about this issue repeatedly. I do appreciate what the Member is asking me to do, and I have been working on this issue.

Mr. Speaker, as you know, right now all of the authorities are directed to operate in such a way that they balance their budgets. For authorities like Beaufort-Delta and Stanton, where they have been experiencing deficits, they are having to look at all the programs they have to see how they can still balance their budgets and deliver the programs. I have directed the department to see how we can extend, for example, the service time for nurses who had been practising in Tsiigehtchic — how we could extend their time or increase their services as well as mental health work. It is taking a little longer, because authorities cannot come up with the money on their own. I have to come up with the money within the system, and in order to do that, I need to look deeper.

So I want to assure the Member that I agree with the need to enhance services in the communities, and we have to look at it in an innovative way. I am fully committed to looking at what we can do to enhance services in small communities.