David Krutko

Deputy Minister Meade.

I think one of the biggest cost drivers we have as governments, and other governments throughout Canada or around the world for that matter, is the aging demographics that we’re starting to see in regard to the baby boomer population. It is now coming that that age and that’s going to be one of the higher population service areas in all governments and I think that we can’t rely on statistics from 2006. I think that we need to get more actual statistics on what those real numbers are. I think that we’re projecting 2026 in regard to that population.

So I think that just for statistical...

Ms. Lee.

Agreed. Moving on. Health services programs, activity summary, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $15.491. Mr. Abernethy.

Mr. Chairman, for the sake of progress, I will agree to ask my question on the next page.

Ms. Meade.

The other area that I think we have to do more for by way of working with the aboriginal organizations that have established territorial parks and protected areas regardless if it’s the Gwich’in Territorial Park or the CANOL Trail. Again, those are areas that I think do have major economic potential and cultural potential, but more importantly, the ability to promote the regions and also the cultural and aboriginal groups that are basically represented in those parks and also build a sort of park management plan with them. I’d just like to know what we are doing to work with those aboriginal...

Agreed. Sergeant-at-Arms, escort the witnesses in.

For the record, Ms. Lee, could you introduce your witnesses?

Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask the Minister what is the plan for the Joe Greenland Centre in light of this new information to establish these long-term care facilities elsewhere in the Northwest Territories. More importantly, what is the transitional plan in place for the residents of the Joe Greenland Centre? More importantly, the status of the employers, the individuals who work there so that we can give them some comfort that there will be a transitional period that they will transition out, that basically there will be more research and development done to really look at the potential...

Next I have Mr. Ramsay.