Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The issue I raised today in my Member’s statement is quite a pointillist problem. I’m not trying to distemper the system, but the fact is often the problem is created in the process. Certainly the Department of Health isn’t the issue here, but I

want to make sure the Department of Health doesn’t become the issue in the sense that it becomes timely and the process overtakes the problem. The issue right now is my constituent’s trying to get an appointment with her doctor. That doctor will need time to review the file. That will require time for consideration. That will require more time for arranging specialists. We all know here, quite clearly, that when you try to navigate the system by getting a hold of a specialist in certain time, that’s a very valuable thing when you get an appointment from the specialist.

Clearly saying that the Department of Health isn’t the issue, I just want to make sure that if my constituent hits the wall when they try to get this appointment and support from their doctor to get a referral to the specialist, will the Minister of Health and Social Services be willing to keep a watchful eye on this file to make sure that she gets the support she needs and the treatment of this tumour?