Mr. Speaker, several years ago, before I was in this House, the decision was made by Health and Social Services to move away from facilities where individuals were not necessarily aging in place in their own homes but aging in place in their own community, so they had some health facilities, which we refer to as seniors' homes, and those units were shut down. Anyone that didn't have more than 10 beds were shut down and they've kind of gone to a more central model in the larger centres.
I'd like to ask the Minister if the Minister would re-examine that decision. That decision I think was a wrong decision, and we've felt the impacts in both Lutselk'e and Fort Resolution, where individuals had to move from their community because that level could not be provided in their own home, but could be provided with a bit of an upgrade in nursing and other types of services that could be brought in there. So I'd like to ask the Minister of Health and Social Services if he would examine that decision that was made long before he became Minister, of closing down those senior citizens' homes and re-opening those as long-term care facilities.