Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as the Member is aware, this is a federal program and the NIHB benefits are federally funded. The Government of the Northwest Territories funds medical travel to the same extent for people who are not eligible for noninsured health benefits and not eligible for Metis health benefits.
So we spend about $45 million a year on medical travel. The older you are, the more likely you are to get access to medical travel. There is a very specific set of criteria. It's set by the federal government and we administer it.
It is time to look at it again, and the federal Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs has invited me, invited Indigenous leaders from the NWT, invited the Minister of Indigenous Services Canada, which is the federal department responsible for this, to provide them with information to do their own review of administration and accessibility of NIHB, and I'm looking forward to their report. Thank you.