I actually thought about that, having lived in Hay River myself many, many years. I actually thought, you know, it’s a really nice place to go. I don’t understand myself why we’re having difficulty recruiting doctors to live there.

One of the things that was apparent was that the doctors were looking at the education of their own kids and thinking that the opportunities for education were a lot greater in the larger centres. Also, investment into buying property was another issue, the fact that the doctors were not sure that they wanted to live in Hay River on a long-term basis, didn’t want to make investments and so on. However, I agree with the MLA, and with the other MLAs that Hay River is a beautiful place and if

there’s an opportunity for this department or Hay River Health and Social Services Authority to discuss this with other members, like, people who do promote Hay River as a great place to live, we’d be willing to do that. Thank you.