Thank you, Madam Chair. I guess I just want to start by saying I support my colleagues on this demand for midwifery service now in Hay River. I recognize that we could do public consultation on this, but I don’t see any conflict with getting something going now. I am surprised by the Minister’s question about why are we pushing this. I wish he’d had time to go out and speak to the young ladies, young families, moms and dads and kids that were walking outside the building here a couple days ago. The demand is there. People want it and they want it now.

We have had programs. We’ve cut back on our programs. That was years ago now. It was so-called temporary, cutting back the Yellowknife program. Now Yellowknife is completely out of the ballgame here. There is certainly no level of trust in the public on this issue. People want action now. They don’t want us talking about it anymore. We are supporting our public in this case.

My understanding is the federal funding for the midwife goes through 2013-2014. If that’s the case, we should be using that money to hire midwives. The bottom line is we have to get something on the

ground in Hay River, be it a couple of part-time, half-time midwives or whatever, but let’s get going. None of that would prevent the Minister’s methodic and thorough, and some might say pedantic but I realize that work needs to be done, but none of that would be delayed. That could be ongoing.

I certainly agree with comments on standards. We have a very happy community that is, as far as I know, enjoying a sterling record of midwifery services without kerfuffles, given the standards that they’re meeting. The experience communicating with other providers, physicians and so on, are there. We have those, and those are available for consultation as we put this program in place in Hay River. I don’t have questions there.

We have a report that again outlines many of the benefits which I know the Minister recognizes. Again, there is no question in terms of why we want this. They demand it, and the benefits are huge. That’s why they’re demanding it. So let’s get going with some on-the-ground services on midwifery.

The Healthy Families program, I believe that’s under this page, but it may come under community health later. I see community health programs are here as well as later. I’m just wondering what our expansion plans are for Healthy Families this fiscal year that is being proposed, 2013-2014. I know we’ve done some expansion in the past on this program that I heartily endorse, and I appreciate the efforts of the department to do that expansion. I’m wondering where our expansion is this year.