Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to work with my colleagues on a micro theme on seniors. We know in the Northwest Territories that the population of the Northwest Territories is getting older and older and we are seeing a lot of forced expenses with that. We need to support our seniors whether they stay at home or whether they stay in facilities.

In this House over the last few years, you’ve heard us talking about the extended care beds in the H.H. Williams and the new health centre that’s going into Hay River and the fact that they’re not there. We’ve been able to get them in the budget, but the concern is what is the status of the future of Hay River seniors. How many seniors are going to be there, how much demand are we going to see in the future? The government has indicated that they are going to do a study, but we still haven’t seen anything about that study which was supposed to be completed by this year.

I will have specific questions to the Minister of Health about where that study is and what is the outcome for a regional centre like Hay River on the demands for seniors facilities. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.