Mr. Speaker, we have built health centres in our communities. We have built infrastructure in our communities. We have built schools, health centres, municipal offices. Again, the government really knows that by making those capital investments, we expect there will be some
services out of those facilities we have in our communities.
I would like to ask the Premier: exactly where is the money, the dollars, going for those communities to operate and maintain those services so that we have a quality or standard of health care services throughout the Northwest Territories for all residents of the Northwest Territories? We have health centres sitting there empty, and we know nurses are out there who are willing to come to the communities and willing to work out of those communities, but we have policies or procedures hindering those efforts. I’d like to ask the Premier: is there a way this government can work these problems through with the affected communities and with affected Members, findings solutions to these problems and realizing that there are dollars already in the system?