Thank you, Mr. Chair. I do appreciate that answer, and I do hope they are looking at this closely. I mean, this feeds into the exact point I was making a few minutes ago, which is that I am concerned, and there's certainly practitioners within the system as well who are concerned, that the attempt to sort of tighten belts and balance budgets internally have led to a tendency to cut down on physician services that previously might have been available, at least at the Stanton Territorial Hospital if not in regional hospitals, and there's this sense, well, we can't afford it but not really recognizing that people still have to get care and we'll have to send them somewhere else for that care, but, you know, not to worry because that money will just be paid for out of sups anyway so we don't have to include it in our budget. So that's the concern and the danger of the way this budgeting is done. So I am hoping that the work of the sustainability unit and the public administrator can sort of uncover some of these patterns and stop it, especially given that we know, based on, you know, lots of studies that have been done, that it's much better if care can be provided as close to home as possible. That it's not equal just oh, it doesn't matter, just send them to the next province, send them somewhere else, it's just the same thing. You know, there's better patient and health outcomes and lots of expenses can be prevented down the road if we can provide care at the earliest possible date and as close to home as possible. It's better for everyone and better financially. So I hope that that work can produce some results soon. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Shauna Morgan 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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