Mr. Speaker, the Department of Health and Social Services is trying to use the integrated service delivery model to try to address issues with seniors’ care right across the territory. We do recognize that the numbers indicate that we should be providing more home care services to allow seniors to live independently.
As far as the responsibility for individuals that can no longer safely care for themselves, the option is going to a long-term care facility in Inuvik. We can’t afford to build that type of long-term care facility in all of the communities, but there is one in Inuvik, although these units fill up almost immediately as they are built. That is our answer and to try to prevent people from going there is also our responsibility, and we can do that by providing home support workers, home care workers and so on for the citizens in the Mackenzie Delta. Thank you.