Yes. Thank you, Madam Chair. I recognize that this is driven by collective bargaining, and that is what it is. We always try to find some sort of agreement at the bargaining table, but I think there is a bit of an equity here where, if you're a GNWT worker, your medical travel is much better than if you are a general member of the public. I just heard you get your per diems covered based on a GNWT rate. I can see the justification for providing our employees per diems when travelling for work, but I'm not sure that same justification applies for medical travel when they could just as well use the medical travel that is good enough for every other NWT resident at a much lesser cost. I don't have control over collective bargaining, but my question for the Minister is: is this something that she is willing to bring to the collective bargaining table to look at as a potential cost-saving area? Thank you, Madam Chair.
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