Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I think it's safe to say that this is a little bit more than an inconvenience for people having to travel away. And I absolutely respect the fact that people have been doing this for a very long time from communities, but there's definitely been -- they've had more than three weeks notice that they're pregnant and expected to travel not in their home community. I have, for example, in my constituency that I serve, people who now have weeks of notice that they will be expected to travel. They do not have a support system in town where they can simply leave older children. They do not work for the government. They are not Indigenous and eligible for supports through NIHB. So right off the bat, there is a definite significant financial burden. As well, many of the people I serve are self-employed. They don't qualify for EI payments either. So this is definitely an emotional and financial shock to their family. With that being said, the hotel benefits for medical travel right now are $50 a night. I don't know of a single hotel in Edmonton that is $50 a night.

So is the Minister willing to change the medical travel hotel benefit to reflect the actual cost of hotels in Edmonton. Thank you.