Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Minister of Health and Social Services, Ms. Lee. Mr. Speaker, in my Member’s statement, in two and a half minutes you can’t do much to kind of try and capture and summarize all of the questions and comments surrounding this, but I can clearly tell you today that many, many of my constituents came out to a public meeting that was sponsored
by the Department of Health and Social Services and, without exception, were not in support of the changes to the Extended Health Benefits Program. It was a thoughtful and respectful exchange, but I am here to represent the people of Hay River and I’d like to ask the Minister of Health if, when we go back after all this public consultation and all the debate in this House and all the work that’s gone into this, when an initiative comes before the Cabinet, I remember this, there’s a briefing note that accompanies it and under a heading called purpose, there is a brief description. Then it goes into the background and the political implications and all that stuff. But if the Minister could just tell us what is the purpose succinctly for the overhauling of the extended health care benefits in the Northwest Territories at this time. Thank you.