Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As a member -- an active member of a volunteer ambulance service that was pretty busy back in the day, you know, I was able to form many relationships with doctors and nurses currently in the territories, around the territories, and throughout Canada. You know, I do appreciate the work that's been done to this; however, I do feel for me, it's very Yellowknife focused and very focused on what the issues are in Yellowknife where, for me, if we took care of our regions, if we took care of our communities, the strain on Yellowknife would not be as much as it is. And we not only have to deal with the issues of staffing issues, we also have to deal with the lack of professionals out there that are willing to work full-time, willing to be committed full-time. And I know this firsthand because I know two physicians who work in the city, that live in a city, that locum in the same city, that do not want to work full-time. So these are the things that our government has to deal with all the time, is attracting physicians, attracting people to work, that don't want to work full-time. They want to do locums. They want the freedom to do as they wish. So it's not only always a government issue. We're dealing with HR issues. We're dealing with personal issues, family issues, manager issues. We're dealing with everything. And I commend our health Minister on the work she's been doing. For somebody who bothers her probably on a weekly basis, I feel that, you know, we've come a long ways in the last little while with where we're going with the department of health.

One point I will bring up in here, however, is, you know, just for an example, establishing a licensing body for paramedics. My concern immediately triggers the fact that this would have huge detriments to volunteer ambulance services across the Northwest Territories. And my concern with that would be we would have a bigger strain on our volunteers and on our healthcare system by not being able to provide these services when we're putting more pressures on licensing and governing people that where a majority of the people in the territories are volunteering. So, you know, although I will -- sorry, I'll just leave it at that because I think it's important that, you know, we realize the impacts are not only here but throughout the whole Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.