Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise too as well to support this motion. And it hits home when this motion speaks about the impacts to our small communities, especially in the case of an emergency of loved ones.

I just want to reflect back on the 19th Assembly where I had a constituent in my riding of Dettah where he had to wait six years to get on a transplant list and, finally, the call came in to help out my constituent. And they put him on a plane, on a medevac plane from here to Edmonton for the transplant. And, however, the spouse, the wife, they had no room on that medevac plane for her. And so I got the call, and I wasn't sure what to do, and I brought forward this issue to the Minister of the day, and they couldn't help. So as the MLA, I stepped up and paid for the one-way ticket to send the wife to Edmonton to be by the loved one because through the kidney transplant, we never know what's going to happen. Something could go sideways where -- and somebody had to be there to make a decision, especially the wife. And so to this day, I still get thank-yous from the family for stepping up. And, you know, imagine that, if this is just one of many. And believe me, I've been through this already in my riding of Lutselk'e, Dettah, N'dilo, and members from Yellowknife. And not only here, up and down the Valley as well, that we find ourselves in the same situation. So, Mr. Speaker, I do support this motion. And I just -- you know, we want to work together to create a policy that works for everybody. If there's a way to find the money and work with Government of Canada, let's do it.

Again, I just want to emphasize that health is also a treaty right, and we can't be turning away loved ones that are in need. And believe me, I've been to so many funerals over my lifetime, and more so in the last -- in the 19th and 20th Assembly already; I had my share already and I'm tired of going to funerals. So I support this motion. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.