Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. For that we’ll go to Ms. DeLancey.

I want to revisit the issue of governance. I mentioned it in my general comments. I am concerned. I know the Minister responded and he pretty much gave a summary of what exists where, but I want to say, again, that I am concerned that there’s not much opportunity for the residents of Yellowknife to have input into their hospital. I know it’s a territorial hospital, but it’s the hospital that Yellowknife residents use. The Primary Care Clinic is a good measure, absolutely, but the running of the hospital, Yellowknifer’s tend to take a bit of ownership of that hospital. It’s been our hospital for a very long time. I am somewhat concerned that there’s no intent, it doesn’t sound like, on the part of the department to get beyond having a public administrator for that facility. I am concerned that there doesn’t seem to be much opportunity for input from either Yellowknife Members from the House or from Yellowknife residents. There’s no, sort of, formal opportunities, I don’t think, for input into the hospital and how it works, and plans for the future and just all those things. I guess I would like to know from the Minister if, as he stated, there’s a PA at the hospital. Is that’s what’s going to be there for the foreseeable future or are there other plans to provide something different? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister Beaulieu.

In general, the governance, if we move to all regional advisory boards, there will be a greater focus on the involvement of communities, and that is the intention on the Beaufort-Delta board at this time. For the Stanton, what we would like to do – and it’s something that we’re going to take back to Standing Committee on Social Programs – is to have the seven regional chairs or public administrators, in other words the Joint Leadership Council, oversee the operations at Stanton, in effect having a territorial type of board that would be responsible for the Stanton Territorial Hospital.

I guess that means, then, my opportunity for input as a resident of Yellowknife is limited to talking to the public administrator of Stanton or talking to the chair of the Yellowknife Health and Social Services Authority. That’s the only input I have into what my hospital is doing or not doing or its future direction. Is that correct? Thank you.

The Stanton Territorial Hospital is a territorial asset and as all residents of the Northwest Territories will have equal access to

Stanton Territorial Hospital, that process may be that way, and that is the plan. But at the same time, I must say that our intention is to bring our plan, our governance plan back to the Standing Committee on Social Programs before decisions are made. We also have ongoing discussions with the Joint Leadership Council before we make decisions.

I guess I want to say to the Minister that I urge that you rethink your plan. If you were to tell Hay River or Inuvik or Fort Smith that their centre was going to be – and think of Inuvik particularly where you’re putting an advisory board in place – if you tell them that theirs is a territorial body and they’re not going to have any input into it, I think they would be kicking and screaming to get to your door.

I feel really strongly that, yes, Stanton is a territorial asset, but where can I go for hospital services? I go to my local hospital which, yes, happens to be a territorial asset. There needs to be a greater opportunity for public input from Yellowknife Members into the operation of that hospital. I urge the Minister to rethink this plan. I think it’s being unfair to the city of Yellowknife.

I wanted to ask a question about – this kind of goes to the numbers in the budget and I know the Minister talked about – I mentioned earlier that there was, between the mains for 2012-2013 and the revised mains for 2011-2012, quite a drop in funding. I don’t think I heard him say what funds we are expecting. I think it’s like $5 million. I am not on that page right now. Could I get the Minister to tell me what funds we are expecting that will take us up to about the same value as the revised mains from 2011-2012?

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. We’ll go to Mr. Elkin.

Thanks to Mr. Elkin. Another question in regard to numbers. From the information that I have, forced growth in this budget is about $5.9 million. The increase in the budget is about $4 million. That leaves a difference of about $1.9 million, which tells me that we are cutting something somewhere.

Could I get an explanation from the Minister as to where the difference of the $1.9 million… Forced

growth is higher than the increase in the budget. Where is that $1.9 million coming from?

I have to laugh at our yes, we have this money, and yes, it’s less but we’re going to come back and ask for more. We hear this all the time. It would be nice if we could get a number and stick with that number for longer than five minutes.

The last question I wanted to ask has to do with shared services and I know that the department is working on it and is, I think, starting to institute some. Could I just maybe have that stated again? What shared services are in place now and what other shared services are planned and when would they start?

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. For that we’ll go to Ms. DeLancey.

Thank you, Ms. DeLancey. We are moving on. I have Mr. Nadli next on the list.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have two questions, but I will just forego one in the spirit of trying to meet at least a timely transfer of closure here as we move on. I refer to the term “culturally appropriate care.” What does that mean?

Thank you, Mr. Nadli. Minister Beaulieu.

Mr. Chair, as we travel to the communities, many of the Aboriginal communities that we had gone to have indicated to myself and the staff that was travelling with me when they wanted to take a look at treatment. As an example, that we should be working with the communities to develop a model which meant that if there were families that needed treatment, if there was youth that needed treatment, that they would be going out on the land with the elders and that they would be essentially living out there on the land for a period of time while they address their addiction issues. We had indicated that we thought that they had used the term that we had to be culturally appropriate when we are trying to treat people.

Mr. Chair, I would like an update. I understand that we have an aging health centre in Fort Providence. I just wanted to see where it is at in terms of… I know there have been discussions in terms of a site and identification. I would like to get an update.

Mr. Chair, the Fort Providence Health Centre was built in 1970. The life expectancy is now up with that facility. There is a plan to replace that facility. We are planning on completing the study. Sorry; the study has been completed. The project is approved. It is in design this year. We are expecting to have it completed by 2015.

Committee members, we are on page 8-13, Health and Social Services, activity summary, directorate, operations expenditure summary, $7.924 million.

Thank you. Page 8-14, Health and Social Services, activity summary, directorate, grants and contributions, contributions, total contributions, $35,000.