I thank the Minister for that response. In another area of community health programs I've been trying to figure out how to get handi-vans into the communities of Lutselk'e and Fort Resolution. There are many people that have mobility problems in the communities and some of them have their homes already adjusted by the NWT Housing Corporation to remove the barriers. In other words, constructing some barrier-free or renovating homes to a barrier-free state, to put ramps in and open up the doorways and lower the cabinets and so on and so forth. However, those individuals are having mobility issues outside the home. Earlier, one of the Members indicated that people are housebound. Some of those people are housebound and I can provide some names.

In these communities there are some supports in place where individuals can be picked up by handi-vans, taken to the stores and so on. I've been told that purchase of the handi-vans may be a capital item that falls under the responsibility of the communities. I've been saying in the House that there's not enough money in the capital plans under the New Deal for individuals to pick up what is clearly within the responsibility of the communities, let alone something like this, which I question if it is actually the responsibility of the communities and maybe not the responsibility...I mean, maybe should be the responsibility of Health.

Just for the record, I'd like the Minister to advise me if it's possible that handi-vans can be put into the community health programs capital plan for both communities of Fort Resolution and Lutselk'e and if not, why not.