Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Pokiak.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Pokiak. Mr. Dent.

Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman. Maybe the equipment is going to be supplied and operated by CATSA, but the consequential effect of this being located in the Yellowknife Airport has some very serious dollar ramifications for this government in terms of capital that we have to build around it. Maybe the federal government should just pick up the tab for those consequential costs. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Villeneuve. Any response, Mr. Dent?

Okay. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, would the Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger, revisit the medical travel policy of this government to ensure that students who are attending post-secondary education outside of the Northwest Territories are covered by medical travel? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Mr. McLeod.

Mr. Speaker, this student is at home, in their home community, in Hay River -- this is so to make it not hypothetical -- and they have a doctor’s appointment and it is determined at that appointment that they need further medical attention, which is not available in their community or in the Northwest Territories. So a referral is made to a southern doctor, but in the meantime the student goes off to their post-secondary education in Grande Prairie. Now, is there medical travel available for that student to go from Grande Prairie to Edmonton for the procedure, as it would have been if they...

Thank you, Mr. Dent. I have Mr. Villeneuve and then Mr. Pokiak. Mr. Villeneuve.