Prior to April 1, 2013, those services were provided by the Northwest Territories for RCMP in the Northwest Territories as those services were provided to RCMP members in all the jurisdictions by the jurisdiction providing those services. The difference was prior to April 1, 2013, they were covered under the Canada Health Act, and the RCMP was billed back for those services in all jurisdictions, including the Northwest Territories. Effective April 1, 2013, the federal government has taken the RCMP out of the Canada Health Act and made it a responsibility of the jurisdictions where the members reside.

The Canada Health Act, as I indicated previously, is paramount, so it overrides or takes precedence over our NWT Health Care Act, but we want to make our NWT Health Care Act consistent with the Canada Health Act, which is one of the reasons we’re before you today amending this act. But bottom line, these changes are the result of the federal government changes to RCMP coverage.