Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I did have the opportunity to travel to all the communities in the Sahtu with the Member in August and by the time we got to the last community, I thought it was interesting that everybody thought we were building a hospital in the Sahtu right away. That was a really good discussion that we had with the residents of Sahtu and, as I mentioned already, the department is engaged in doing a long-term capital needs study of all of the health facilities in all our regions.

We recognize that many of the buildings that we have in our inventory were handed down to us from the federal transfer and we need to take a really close look at the status of the existing buildings, as well as looking at needs for new ones going forward. I do recognize that the Sahtu, as a region, has a need for a wellness centre and we will have to work with the residents and the leadership to decide when and how, and we will begin that process.