Thanks, Mr. Chair. I have indicated that I’d be happy to go to Tsiigehtchic and have a conversation with the leadership to determine truly what it is that they are specifically asking for and what it is that they think will meet their needs. There are lots of potential options. We ask the question of what can an LPN do within their limited scope of practice, and an LPN scope of practice is significantly less, or it can be significantly less than an RN. What is it we are trying to accomplish? We have looked at other models from other jurisdictions like Alaska where they’ve taken local people and provided them with significant training so they can provide some services, get local people for local work, which is something we’ve heard constantly throughout the Northwest Territories. Let’s find ways to employ our people in our communities. There are opportunities, possibly a high level first responder might be more appropriate than a nurse or an LP in a community like Tsiigehtchic, recognizing that we have regular nurse visits on a weekly basis and for some periods

of time they do stay for extended periods of time. I would like to have an opportunity to go in with my staff and have a detailed conversation with the community on what it is exactly they’re looking for and how we can best meet their needs, not committing that it will be an LPN or an RN because that may not be the position that benefits the community the most, but we will have that conversation.