Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask questions to the Minister of Health and Social Services primarily from the point of view of the concerns of my constituents in Hay River who are senior citizens.

Now, I first of all want to say that we have a remarkable package of services and support under our health and social services system for the seniors in the Northwest Territories. We have chosen, we have paid for that, we have done that. I need to know what analysis has been done about the impacts or the potential impacts of now pulling that back and not having that. We hear about the cost of living in the communities. We hear about seniors on fixed incomes, and no doubt there are folks who are receiving these benefits who are in a higher income bracket, but this is what they have become accustomed to. They have a higher income bracket, but they also probably have higher expenses than most seniors who might live down south and we don’t want to lose...(inaudible)... Has the analysis been done on the impact if we were to lose seniors out of the Northwest Territories as a result of these changes? Thank you.