Obviously, I’m not as familiar
with the situation in Fort McPherson and Tl’oondih as the Member is, but I like to think I have spent some time in meeting with the people and talking to the Member. I have had the occasion of meeting with the people from Tl’oondih Healing Society and the community people. I don’t think we could generalize; we need to work on specific situations.
With respect to Tl’oondih, the Beaufort-Delta authority has been working with the community to have that community person do the job she has been doing for a long time. There were extra
training models provided. She was following that path, but I understand some other personal situations have happened. I don’t know all the details, but she made the decision to discontinue.
I have made a commitment to the Member that I will work with the Member to find a community solution to that issue. The fact is that the authority is providing that service temporarily; it is to stay temporarily. The authority has assured me they are looking for proposals to work with the community. The community has agreed to make a submission to the authority with a plan on how to fill that position.
As well, I understand that at their meeting the Beaufort-Delta authority and Tl’oondih
Healing
Society as well as leadership in Fort McPherson have agreed to work together on communications, on other ways to work together on that project. So I just wanted to express my commitment to work with the Member on that project.