Thank you. It doesn't surprise me that there's a surplus from extended health benefits given that was the point of changing them. I'm just -- I think conceptionally it's disappointing to think you're taking money from one class of people and giving it -- to pay for the benefits of another class of people. I think, again, conceptionally that's not great. I still get plenty of complaints. I get a constituent who texts me monthly with his -- the increased costs to his medical needs because of income testing of extended health benefits, something I do not support. So I mean, like I said, conceptionally unfortunate because I think that's how many people will feel when they understand that there's a surplus from those benefits and that that surplus is being used for other benefits when everyone should be treated, you know, equally and have full access to the care they need regardless of circumstances. So thank you for that. Again, I support the Metis health benefit program. I think it -- I think we are stepping up as a government. That's a very good thing. I hope that the federal government will come to its senses and pay for this. There's a federal election upcoming, no doubt. Perhaps this is something that the Premier can write to the party leaders about to ensure we can take this off our books and get some financial flexibility into -- or sustainability into the health care system. But, yeah, I just -- I hear about this all the time, about the additional financial hardship that's been put on my constituents, and obviously that's the story for many Northerners right now and, yeah, it's just disappointing to see the numbers on the page. Thank you.
Kieron Testart on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 10th, 2025. See this statement in context.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Second Reading Of Bills
February 10th, 2025
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