Mr. Speaker, I need to correct that also. The Member said in her last question that from what I am saying, no one in the Territories will pay more than what they are paying in the southern jurisdictions. I have no idea to determine that right now, because the packages that we offer under the Supplementary Health Program are very different than a package of programs they offer down south. For example, homecare is included as supp health in Yellowknife or in the Territories, which is not the case down south.
Mr. Speaker, the reason why we don’t have an exact number as to exactly who is going to benefit with these changes and how much that is going to cost is because of the fact that we’re dealing with a population that comes and goes. Health programs are demand driven. Once you set a policy on who is eligible, whoever is eligible under that criteria will come in and benefit. Right now, under these program changes, we are trying to include those who were not included before. But until they come
and benefit from it, we aren’t going to know exactly how much that is. We will provide the Members of the Standing Committee on Social Programs, as we move forward on this review process, some of the numbers in income levels, age breakdown, what we are offering under supplementary health right now, who we expect will get into the new program. We will come with all this information so that the Standing Committee on Social Programs can give us feedback on how we move forward from here as we start the review. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.