Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I realize the Minister is anticipating a large volume of applications. I was told last week we were first in line, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister: when does the Minister expect our proposal for Willow River to be approved? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I’d to welcome first my two Pages from Aklavik, Taylor McLeod, and Gord Papik. Also their chaperone and my CA, Liz Wright. I’d also like to recognize Jozef and Lesa Carnogursky. Joseph is running for the GTC President right now and I wish him well. Also James Pokiak and his wife. I’ve attended a number of meetings with James in the past and it’s good to see him here. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just under the Community Wellness Initiatives Fund, you know during my last visit to Aklavik a constituent thought it’d be a good idea, and I’m not sure if this is proposal driven whether, you know, the department would be open to a proposal that the community could put into –a… You know, work with a lot of the elders that have arthritis. There doesn’t seem to be much programs to help them exercise or you know to… Right now the only solution they have is to give the elders Tylenol it seems. You know, there has to be something more in place to help the elders, whether it’s...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Similar questions but a little different on the On-the-Land Healing Fund. I know there’s a few programs that went on in Aklavik, but there’s a couple… I think it was a year or two ago they had sort of a regional ontheland program. It was sort of tied to residential school, but I know it was, I believe it was, down at Reindeer Station. A lot of elders really, really enjoyed that. You know, it really helped them a lot, and they’d like to see more programs like this, whether it’s down at Reindeer Station or, you know, at the Gwich’in Healing Camp which isn’t being used. You...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, as the Minister may recall, the last couple years I’ve been bringing up the need for more home support workers in the community of both Fort McPherson and Aklavik. They did hire another person in Aklavik, which was great, but there’s a big demand in Fort McPherson. We have over, I believe it’s 170 elders in the community, and we have one home support worker.. There’s a big demand there. There’s clearly a need for another person to, whether it’s stay in that facility, like we have in Aklavik. It should be a similar arrangement. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. O’Reilly. Return to Ms. Craig.

Thank you, Mr. McNeely. Mr. Campbell.

Thank you, Mr. Campbell. Any further questions from Mr. Vanthuyne?

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Tabled Document 50-18(2), Main Estimates, 2016-2017 and, Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have a few questions for the Minister of Health and Social Services. Mr. Speaker, it’s been a couple of years since we had a commitment in this House for a full-time LPN in Tsiigehtchic. I’d like to ask the Minister, what is the latest update on this? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.