The Member for Mackenzie Delta isn’t here, but I’ll speak on his behalf with the elders facilities in Aklavik being shut down. It has increased the amount of people wanting to get into a long-term care facility in the hospital, which does put a backlog and a waiting list for others that do need to get in there. So does the Minister have any plans in how to address this regional issue? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We are about nine months into this government here, and in that nine months I have heard a lot of concerns, a lot of asks and a lot of community concerns from this side of the table. All my colleagues have heard of Highway No. 7 quite a bit. I have heard access roads to gravel sources so the roads in the communities can be maintained. I have heard schools that need washrooms, who need new schools. Some communities haven’t had a school retrofit for a long time. Myself, we are looking at getting a child development centre. If it’s not done, two-thirds of the kids who are...

Thank you. In this needs assessment, what are you looking at? Are you looking at the amount of applications or requests to go in long-term care facilities, the amount of hospital visits from our senior citizens? What type of criteria are you looking at in this needs assessment, and if it’s broken down to regions or communities or even regional centres such as Inuvik? I know there’s a waiting list for a long-term care facility in Inuvik or Simpson, or I know they’re just getting one in Norman Wells.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just wanted to get a little bit more clarification on questions I had asked yesterday in regard to the seven positions. There were four positions that were allocated through the THSSI funding, and I believe that Ms. DeLancey mentioned that three were being staffed right now. I did have a question as to the plans that the department has after two years, 2014, when those jobs do expire. I know she mentioned, I think, there were some in the shared services and administration, and the work that they do, and that we just didn’t want to leave that onto the wayside. Can she...

Thanks for the description on why these deficits have accrued. Knowing that, would the Minister look at putting those into the budget for the next year and the years following? It’s something that has been trending over the years and it’s not changing. If we put it into the budget, we wouldn’t have to be coming back for supps for future and it would give the authorities a little bit more breathing room, a little bit less stress knowing that they do have the funds to do their job and not be worried about going over budget and getting into that deficit.

No further question. I just needed some clarity and I thank the Minister and his staff for that clarity. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It’s been a long day here. I’ll try to make these really brief and quick so that we can get into detail here. I just wanted to make some comments on the program review office, the good recommendations and the hard work that goes through there. It’s something that I don’t think we should take lightly within this government and start implementing some of those recommendations to make some of our departments more efficient, and spending the dollars that we do have wisely and with quality programs. The only review I’ve seen, I think there are some good recommendations that...

Thank you, Madam Chair. My question is in regard to population health, the discrepancies between the amounts here in that line. In 2011-12 the main estimates were at $3.678 million. The revised estimates ended up being $6.391 million. I was wondering what the increase was, and then what was the justification behind making the ‘12-13 Main Estimates at $4.426 million. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just want to point out here, the main estimates from 2011-12, 2012-13, for the Beaufort-Delta Health and Social Services Authority as well as Stanton Territorial Health Authority, they are both significant I think. One is just over $3 million and the other one is over $5 million. We discussed this earlier in previous discussions earlier today, but those are significantly high numbers. I just want to get confirmation whether the department will commit to addressing this issue that has been ongoing regardless of trends, but we need commitment that they will make...

I’ll switch the questions up here. Can the Minister give us an operational cost for this bridge on a yearly basis? Thank you.