I thank the Minister for her answers. Certainly the people of Colville Lake have certainly heard it loud and clear that they are not to expect the same type of services like they have in Yellowknife. That’s a fair given, but they do deserve quality health care in their community by properly training those hard workers who work at the health station. That at least, in this day and age, in that health station there should be some proper

facilities, supplies, materials. That has been noted and our health board should be supported.

Colville Lake still operates on a slop-pail system in this day and age. Why isn’t something done in terms of that type of facility? That’s where I get very passionate, Mr. Chair, of the equality of some of our health centres. When I start seeing the number of dollars, and the Minister is correct, that there is time for some infrastructure discussions at different times, but that’s been noted in our small communities that some of our infrastructure has not had the attention as to other issues here that we see in the books that infrastructure has been committed to. Members have noted that around the table, so I don’t want to get into that, but that’s what people in Colville Lake are looking forward to and our health board is looking to fight for.

That’s where it’s very important in terms of the program delivery. I know the Minister is going to consider this. She has given me some very good answers in terms of the questions I’ve raised with her in terms of a new regional wellness centre in the Sahtu. She’s told me and I’ve said that’s fair enough. I want to register at this time here some of the wishes and needs in the Sahtu, but specifically some of the programs we have in the community. I’m very encouraged to hear the Minister talk about reviewing some of the programs that are already on the books that would fit our community. Mainly our population in the small communities, a high number of culturally aboriginal people, except the community of Norman Wells where there are lots of Imperial Oil workers and other government workers. Even that centre of Norman Wells is busting at the seams in terms of programs. I just want to register with the Minister that I think it’s very important that we start making some changes and having some serious discussions so that we can see that we’ll make a difference. I talk for a lot of the small communities, Colville Lake.

We should start looking at some of the quality of the programs being delivered in other centres. I’m not going to go into that any further, Mr. Chairman. I think she knows well things don’t change and these type of discussions will happen again in the future. I think we should look at these small communities like Colville Lake that do not have centres or even health stations. We should really think about those community members. If we don’t say anything, no one’s going to speak for them. That’s where I feel passion for the elders and for people who have suffered, who’ve been misdiagnosed either for the eyes or any kind of health sickness. We should really look at that and say we’ve got to do something more. There are lots of communities who are in that field, so I think we need to pay attention to those communities and bring up that standard of health care through program delivery as in this budget here.

I know the infrastructure plan would happen later on. I want to register that. I go back and live with those issues and I live with my people and I know what it’s like day in and day out. We certainly would like to have some services in our regions. Especially in those communities that don’t even have a health centre, they have health stations. We need to, again, remind the Minister of the priorities of the people. She’s got to do a balancing act and sometimes the balancing aspect for us in our communities do not see it as being very fair. That’s what I get very passionate about, about this issue here. Mr. Chair, I think I want to leave it at that.