Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Something that has always been of concern to me is the amount of money that we

spend on facilities in the South. There are two items here, one is for increased costs associated with children in residential care outside the Northwest Territories and the other one is the increased costs with adults in residential care outside the Northwest Territories. I know that we went some distance toward our ambition to repatriate some adults with the assisted living facility in Hay River and they have the capacity for 10 full-time residents or clients in that facility, but it seems like the demand for these southern services continues to grow and I would like to know what the government’s response is to that and what opportunities for further consideration of offering care, opportunities, options for these folks in the Northwest Territories so they are not going south, which, if they require specialized treatment and care, I am still of the belief that we have the ability to recruit and retain and attract workers here with the kind of skills that they would need.

I see it as advantageous to keep residents in the North, as well, for reasons of closeness to family and reduced travel costs, and just the fees that are charged for these kinds of placements seem very, very high. So I would like to ask the Minister what kind of discussions or thoughts are had in response to these kinds of increased costs. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.