Thank you, Madam Chair. As Members are aware, in our capital plan now we are expanding the number of beds that are available at the Jimmy Erasmus Centre in Behchoko. We do have capital funding to construct long-term care beds in Norman Wells and those will be the first beds available in the Sahtu. That will take some pressure off existing long-term care facilities.

At the same time, as I believe the Minister had indicated last week, we are just putting the finishing touches on a request for proposals that should be going out within the next two weeks in which we’re asking for an overall strategic plan for the continuum of care.

We realize that there are gaps in service. We realize that we need to do everything from working in partnership with the Housing Corp to do more supportive living, to expanding elders’ day programs, to eventually expanding services for when people do need to be in long-term care facilities. So part of that project will be updating the estimates based on demographics of what our long-term care needs will be over the next 25 years so that we can make sure, through the capital planning process, we continue to address them. Thank you.