As I indicated, I have already directed the department to look at the possibility of spitting out the roles, our quality assurance/patient representatives, into two separate roles. That wouldn't necessarily address the Member's issue about community-based advocacy or guidance, because that would likely be a regional position.

When I was up in the Beaufort Delta last week, when I met with leadership to talk about the critical incident review, the leader of the IRC, the president of the IRC, indicated to me that they were working with the federal government. There was a pot of money out there that they are looking to utilize to put in some sort of patient navigator for the Inuvialuit. This is something that I am committed to exploring, and I am going to put on my May agenda with Aboriginal leadership this exact topic, so we can have a discussion on how we can work better together to provide advocacy and guidance through the health system for residents in small communities. So I will put that on the agenda. I will work with leadership to find a way to provide those types of supports over time.