Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As I already stated, the regional health centre/wellness centre/long-term care in Norman Wells stands on its own. It is the only region in the Territories without a Level C care facility for all the reasons that the deputy minister mentioned. The 48 repatriation rule that is under effect from Alberta facilities, the surge capacity, the need for us to use technology more and to have facilities in place where our local travelling specialized staff could go to different places and provide services, we just don’t have that in the Norman Wells facility.
That facility, I think, was built in the ‘60s. It is really a mobile home. They really cannot provide the kind of services that they need to do in that region. That project stands on its own.
Joe Greenland Centre will remain the way it has been for what it was meant to be, which is assisted living facility for elders, and the Housing Corporation has agreed to renovate the facility and to create additional capacity and additional bed spaces for elders in Aklavik that are desperately needed.
We will be able to use the money still to enhance the home care services in Aklavik and I believe that would provide opportunities for elders to be provided in the communities. Thank you.