Thank you very much, colleagues, for being content with me concluding my statement. Due to these changes, the community needs have begun to escalate. It is the only community on the winter road from the Sahtu to the Mackenzie Highway. It’s about halfway between Tulita and Fort Simpson. There are no services in between.
We have been told in the House that the Department of Health and Social Services is currently reviewing options and creative ways to provide health care. I would like a report from the current Minister on plans to enhance nursing services in Wrigley and other small communities within Nahendeh.
It’s no secret that governments across this nation struggle to provide high-quality health care in small Aboriginal communities. Given that 50 percent of our Aboriginal population is smack dab in the midst of that statistic, I say it’s time for us to lead the way and refuse to accept the status quo by developing a plan that meets the community needs within the 17th Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.