Under the Tlicho Health Authority, under the Tlicho Government, this facility, will it be a part of an asset of the Tlicho Government through the self-government arrangement with them with respect to developing assets in the Tlicho region?

No, this will be a GNWT asset.

Okay, just clarification on the existing facility. What happens to the existing facility in the Tlicho community in regard to the Lee Erasmus Facility?

My understanding is that building will come down and the new building will be built on that site to replace it. That existing building has flooring problems or roofing problems and where using the same site.

Under the new regulation it stipulates that you have to have, to operate under a new model that you’re using, you have to have 18 beds and it has to be adjacent to a Level B or C health centre. Will the health centre be in the new facility?

The B-C health centre has to be in the community so that we have access to physicians.

So who owns the Level B or Level C health facility?

I need to get more detail. I don’t want to get the facts wrong. I believe some of it is leased. Government is leasing from Tlicho the B-C health centre, but not the long-term care centre that is there right now. I will confirm that. I just want

to make sure that I have my information correct. That’s my understanding.

Unless someone else has information that can answer that question, either Public Works or whatnot. I believe it is important that if we do lease facilities and we are building new facilities, is the objective of the government to own its facilities outright and get out of these leases and own our own health centres in our communities?

I thought I answered the question on the long-term care facility. It’s a GNWT facility. We’re going to build it. Health and Social Services will own it. It will be a GNWT asset. We’ll provide O and M for it. Tlicho Community Services Agency doesn’t have anything to do with it.

The reason I wanted to follow up is that I know we have some lease arrangement on the health centre for a part of it. I don’t know if it’s the office or what, because we’ve done some renovations there. They’re not related. That’s not related to this project. This is a GNWT facility.

Maybe I’ll allow the Minister to get that information, but I think it’s sort of irregular to have ownership of a facility on one hand and then telling the communities that you can’t formulate these partnerships or leases for other facilities such as long-term care facilities in other communities. Yet you’re allowing it to happen here with the lease of a health centre in Behchoko. I think it’s something that has to be taken into consideration in light of what precedent is being used in this case.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. We will await further information on who owns the current health centre in Behchoko. That will be provided by the Minister, unless there is somebody else here who can comment on that. Thank you very much. Committee, I think that I don’t see any more questions on page 6-9. Page 6-9, Health and Social Services, activity summary, community health programs, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $800,000. Is committee agreed?

Thank you, committee. Return to the deferred summary on page 6-2, Department of Health and Social Services, department summary, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $16.291 million.

Thank you, committee. Does committee agree that this concludes Department of Health and Social Services infrastructure 2011-2012 Capital Estimates?

Thank you, committee. I’d like to thank the Minister and her witness, Ms. Meade, and ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to please escort the witness from the Chamber.

Does committee agree that we will next do the Department of ITI?

Thank you, committee. I’ll ask the Minister if he wishes to bring in witnesses.

I do, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. I’ll ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to please escort the witnesses into the Chamber.

Committee, I’m going to call a three-minute recess.

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Thank you, committee. I’d like to call Committee of the Whole back to order and ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to please escort the witnesses into the Chamber.

Could I ask the Minister to please introduce his witnesses?