Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm not really sure -- I'm in one -- on page 181, and I'm not sure if that's -- we're on that same page? I reviewed this section in the budget here, and I'm trying to find the section on facilities but I'm just going to speak to it here if it's okay.

I just want to mention that in our Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh riding in Fort Resolution, we have a brand-new facility that was built years back. It was a multi-million-dollar facility. It's a beautiful facility. Right now it's for seniors, and on the inside of the building we could have up to about four people. We have a kitchen. We have TV room and that kind of thing. And we also have cabins for seniors that want to be independent outside that facility.

But going back to the facility, I guess somewhere along the lines the health and social department made a decision to shut down that facility, and it's still operational but they no longer house elders inside the facility. They use it for programming. And there are elders on the outside cabins. But in 2018, they -- this issue was brought to the House in regards to a petition to reopen the facility, and I'm not sure where it went.

So my question to the Minister, is this something that -- that can we go back and take a look at that, because what's happening is that in our communities, a lot of our elders are getting old and they -- if they get sick, they go to Hay River, or they go to Yellowknife, or sometimes down to Edmonton and places like that. And a lot of times, they -- they want to -- if they're really sick and they got cancer, they probably want to be closer to home and that kind of thing. But most times, they end up passing away outside their home community. So there's got to be a way. I mean, you know, when we talk about, you know, in spirit of reconciliation, working together, and etcetera, and we got a budget of $594 million here. I just want to know if there's a way that we could probably work with the Minister and see -- and revisit that facility to see if we can provide those services for our elders again and bring them home. You know, if anything, you know, they want to die at home if they're closer to home and they're really sick.

And the other thing too is that we also need to have a home care nurse or something that we could, you know, care for them and that kind of thing. So I just want to ask the Minister if she maybe could maybe take a look at this and get back to me. Mahsi.