Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to begin by reiterating that this idea came from the people, and I’m just one of the vehicles here bringing this forward. It has been stressed that this is a preventative and creative approach. It has got an element of fairness to it — small communities and so on, the potential to be revenue neutral. There is absolutely no duplication with the Food Mail Program.
I have to comment briefly on some of the spurious arguments I have heard on that. There are about half of our communities that actually have the food mail service. But this program could apply to milk that was brought in with the Food Mail Program, as I’ve tried to highlight to all Members. It is a starting point.
Seniors. I would love to see us help out seniors as they need it. We’ve heard about Nunakput seniors and some of the empty fridges there. We’ve also heard from the Minister of Health. I appreciate that support, that there are many programs out there. I am sure that this idea will be modified and that many brains will be brought to bear on this, hopefully milk fed brains so that they will be sharp and fully developed.
The preventative approach was also stressed. Diabetes is one of the big diseases that we are facing.
I would like thank everybody for their comments and hope they are recorded here. I would also like
to request a recorded vote, and unlike the Minister of Health, I’d like to strongly encourage Premier Roland to allow Cabinet to have a free vote on this motion. Mahsi.