Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The document I am going to make reference to is put out by the Department of Health, 2006-07 document at my office here. It talked about the age group of 60 years and older as the fastest growing demographic in the Northwest Territories, this population here. Certainly, from 1996 to 2006 the population of seniors in the Northwest Territories increased by 46 percent.
Mr. Speaker, I want again just to speak to the Minister in terms of the care for seniors, or I refer to them as elders, in terms of the health policies in regards to having seniors come out of our communities in terms of good care, someone is taking care of them. The Minister and I are working on an issue here that I think she is going to look at something like this, but I have heard from numerous incidents where our elders were not given the proper care as, I think, I assume they would. However, I stand to be corrected on that.
I want to ask the Minister if she would review the policy for travel for elders, that it be mandatory to have someone escort them or to travel with them, someone who speaks their language, someone from the community, preferably, and that these elders do not leave on their own when they come to either Yellowknife or Edmonton to seek medical care.