Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yeah, I just wanted to make one last comment on that is that, you know, there are -- you know, in one instances, yes, it's fine for those that -- but we need to make sure that we have a system in place that it is fair and, you know, and that not everybody can just book a ticket and book a hotel room. And we hear that a lot, especially when we have, like, elders who are coming from communities and, you know, they get put into a hotel or, you know, they -- so we have to make sure that this process is -- there's an equitable process for it. We also want to make sure that, you know, making sure that when things are -- service standards are set in place so that the things that you talk about that travel is not -- and there's always going to be those instances where you see a doctor and then all of a sudden it's like, no, you need to go, and so, you know, we -- those are last minute bookings, and those are things that we can't help. Just the nature of where we live. But it is all those pieces, and it's trying to also making sure as why people are travelling and when they're travelling and if that follow-up is necessary to have to travel, or can it be done in your community, can it be done virtually, can it be done when the nurses or the doctors visiting. It doesn't necessarily have to be somebody who has to fly all the way back to Edmonton because the doctor told me I needed to see you in six weeks and then you get there, and it's a two minute appointment and say, oh, you shouldn't -- I didn't realize you were coming from the Northwest Territories. So we are making sure that those kind of things -- and that's at the authority level because they're the ones that deal directly with the clients, making sure that there are checks and balances in place as who's travelling, why they're travelling, when they're travelling, and should they, you know -- and is there other opportunities within our system that we can make sure that they're getting the services that they need. So that is a bigger piece of why it's not just a policy review. It's probably more policies. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Lesa Semmler on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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