Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wanted to pick up extended health benefits and the changes that have recently been put into place. There's a significant amount of concern amongst my constituents that there are folks that are going to be left out by this. So currently, the discussion paper mentioned there are around 2,200 people who are not on third-party insurance. How many people are going to be affected once the changes are fully put in place? How many people are going to be taken off supplementary health benefits? Thank you -- or extended health.

Thank you, Member from Range Lake. Minister of Health and Social Services.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'm not quite clear on what the Member is asking. I know in the last -- from my understanding with the extended health benefits that there was part of it that they had to go and get third party. That is not a requirement in the new extended health benefits. So there won't be people taken off. If there's an income threshold, that's the only thing that's going to be measurable so that they pay like for pharmacy -- or prescription drugs up to 4 percent of their prescription drugs of their net income. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Well those who are over the income threshold also have to pay full vision and dental care as well, so how many of those people are there? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I don't have that detail right now. I don't -- you know, I don't believe -- and when I look at the threshold, you know, there will be many circumstances where a lot of the people may have -- you know, might be affected but I don't -- I don't have that level of detail with me right now, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I forgive this Minister; I'm not looking for an exact number or guess. I'm looking for more of a general idea. Are we talking about thousands of people? Hundreds of people? Dozens of people? How many is this going to affect? Because at the end of the day, many middle class income earners still suffer from disabilities that aren't properly captured by third-party insurance and they're going to have to pay more out of pocket. So are we talking about a thousand people? 2,000 people? Just a general idea of how many people this change is going to impact. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I will get back to the Member on that information. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister. Member from Range Lake. Final supplementary.

Thank you to the Minister. Last but not least, what is the income threshold? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I will have to get back to the Member on that as well. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister of Health and Social Services. Oral questions. Member from Yellowknife North.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So just to further put the hot seat under the Minister of health, I have another separate question.

So last fall, the 19th Assembly Standing Committee on Government Operations tabled a report on a review of the 2021-2022 Public Accounts, and one of the things they recommended was that Health and Social Services commission a review and evaluation of governance at the NTHSSA since amalgamation. Is this -- there were also some details given as to what the review should include. Does the current Minister plan to implement this recommendation for an independent review and evaluation of NTHSSA governance? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Member from Yellowknife North. Minister of Health and Social Services.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned in the House last week that we did do an independent review. That review is right now -- and I committed in this House to sharing that review as soon as I have the final report. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So can the Minister confirm -- so the recommendation was that the review should be led by an independent body such as the internal audit bureau or an external audit group. Can the Minister confirm who completed the review or what was the level of independence? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I don't have that level of detail on the report. I know that the report was completed. I know that we're waiting -- we were waiting on the final report and that that's about as much information as I have on that. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Do we have an estimated timeline of when either this government would see that report or Members on this side of the House be seeing that report? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I don't have a timeline as of yet. So thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Member from Yellowknife North. Final supplementary.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Is there a plan to release this report or a portion of it publicly? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my intentions is to have the report, you know, and then there will -- my understanding there's recommendations in there. We want to have a response for all those recommendations, and so I would like to release the report. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister of Health and Social Services. Oral questions. Member from Yellowknife Centre.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. All right, thank you, Mr. Speaker. And colleagues. Of course they have to put up with me too. Thank you. But no thanks to the government.

Mr. Speaker, my question is to the Minister of Health and Social Services because we want to give her a full day, and we want her to earn her money today. So often we hear about the stress to the health care system and, quite respectfully that is, we often assume it's the nurses and whatnot, and they are stressed and overworked; I wouldn't want to downplay that in any way, Mr. Speaker. That said, we often in that statement forget that there are many other people who support the system, such as the audiologists, the speech, the physio, the occupation, and the rehabilitation centre. And if doesn't -- or rehabilitation folks. And it just doesn't end there, Mr. Speaker.

My question specifically to the Minister of Health and Social Services is can she explain to the House what services we provide in those types of categories to Nunavut? Thank you.

Thank you, Member from Yellowknife Centre. Minister of Health and Social Services.