There are just so many areas that I can continue on. Managing risk. The Midwifery Program is put in place to help a lady when she finds out that she’s pregnant. It helps support her through her pregnancy so that she gets the counselling that she needs, she gets the support, she gets the alcohol and drug treatment, healthy pregnancies. If midwifery is not there to give the support, especially for single mothers, then the high

stress level of flying to Yellowknife from the small communities and spending all the time here to give birth without the support of a midwife in the community, the cost to the government as well.

There was a question about costs. It’s in the report. I think on average it was somewhere around $12,500 for perinatal care, and the highest cost was in Ulukhaktok for about $16,000. Managing risks, we can manage risks during the birth, but we can do a lot of preventative and supportive work nine months leading up to the day of the birth.

Other questions here. In terms of legislation, in the report it says the NWT government passed the Midwifery Professions Act in 2005. If this Minister wants to update these regulations, there’s probably going to be a cost to change the act. There’s going to be also, following regulations – the midwifery professions general regulations, prescription and regulation of drugs and other substances regulations, and the screening and diagnostic test regulations – there are going to be added costs to that.

Can I get confirmation on whether that legislation is going to need to be revised, or reviewed and amended, as well as all the regulations? And does the Minister believe there’s going to be a cost to changing those as well?