Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am looking at -- we could bring up, like in my riding, there's long-term and continuing care services. There's lots of my constituents or the older people that have to move to Yellowknife, Hay River, Fort Simpson, or even in some cases, to Behchoko. It's tough on them. So I wanted to look at possibly looking at having long-term care in one of my communities. Because the riding is -- I know Dehcho is a big place but the riding the Dehcho is, again Fort Providence, Kakisa, Hay River Reserve, and Enterprise. And there are people that, you know, want to stay home. They want to stay home because of the language, because of the food, the culture, the participating. And so eventually looking at having a long-term care facility in my -- in one of my communities. One of the communities that I represent would be ideally -- I know we have the closest one is Hay River but, again, people want to stay home. I have people in Yellowknife -- we have people in Yellowknife and Hay River right now and if they could, they would rather be at home. And right now I have a seniors home there that's not -- it's not a long-term care facility. It's a seniors home where they house seniors anywheres from 50 years and older. There's 13 units there. But it's not a long-term care facility. So that's what I wanted to bring up is just having a long-term care place in my community, even in Fort Providence where people can be -- can stay home. Thank you.
Sheryl Yakeleya on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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