Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As the Member mentioned in his statement, Our Elders, Our Community has been released as a framework for taking action to support seniors and elders throughout the Northwest Territories. Under that document we are taking a number of actions, including developing a number of action plans. One of the action plans is about respite home care for seniors throughout the Northwest Territories, which will benefit all residents in the Northwest Territories including those in Fort McPherson and Aklavik.
The Member has mentioned a couple of times that he has concerns about the workload of the home care workers and the home support workers that actually happen to be in Fort McPherson. I’ve asked the department to work with the Beaufort-Delta Health and Social Services Authority to do a quick assessment on the workload in that community to see if those home support workers are actually at a higher workload than other areas, at which point I will share that information with the Member and we could have some discussions about that if we need to take some immediate action. Thank you.