Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It has been quite a talkative question period. I wasn't sure I was going to make it up here. Mr. Speaker, last week I discussed the benefits and the challenges of bringing the Hay River Health and Social Services Authority into the NWT Health and Social Services Authority. The Minister stated that the roadblock to this was the cost of bringing Hay River's authority's pension into the public service, probably somewhere north of about $20 million now. Meanwhile, the government is topping off this pension to the tune of $1 million a year. Today, I want to address some questions to the Minister of Health, to begin determining how this issue is affecting Hay River.
First off, I believe it is possible for employees of the NWT Health Authority to work in any region covered by that authority. Are there impediments to employees from the Hay River Authority working at NWT Health and Social Services Authority facilities, for example, for professional development purposes and vice versa? For example, if Hay River needed a position covered for a certain amount of time? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.