Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And again, thank you to the Minister for that. I am fully aware that this is an NHIB issue. But, again, as -- we as the territory, we do provide the travel to the communities. And when I've had talks with the NHIB, they have said well, it has to go through the government to approve the process. So what I'm saying is I guess, is there is a problem there and maybe we can meet on the side to have that discussion further. But, Mr. Speaker, the GNWT does put out the RFP for dental services travel costs to provide services to small communities in my region without dentists. And I believe this funding, again, comes from NHIB. Has this funding been increased to be able to provide more clinics to deal with the backlog due to COVID and if so, has there been an increase in the amount of visits to deal with the dental restorations emergency as well as keep up with the routine cleaning and checkups as well as to provide services in Inuvik because my constituents are feeling this because the dentists are all going out to the community now, and we can't get dentists. So this is a problem, and I would like to know if these have been increased. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Lesa Semmler on Question 1435-19(2): Dental Hygienist Regulations
In the Legislative Assembly on March 6th, 2023. See this statement in context.
Question 1435-19(2): Dental Hygienist Regulations
Oral Questions
March 6th, 2023
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