Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, we have a program and policy to address the persons with disabilities. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As I stated, this has been in our work plan. It has been the objective of the department to set up more children and family services committees. This issue has come up before the CFSA recommendation and, as I stated to Member Abernethy, we have had difficulties setting that up. So the business plan said our goal is to have at least five.

Right now, and as the Members know, the only real possibility right now of setting up within this year is Fort McPherson, and that has been in the works for three years. It has been extremely difficult. It’s not just about the...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There are lots of issues wrapped up into the Member’s statement there. The Quitline, that program is being delivered outside of the NWT because we could not cost-effectively man or woman that phone line and to give the kind of technical information to those who wished to quit smoking. It’s not just us but many jurisdictions across the country are using the same service provider so that you have people who are equipped to answer those questions. We expect that demand for that service will increase when the federal government launches a more aggressive campaign on the...

I believe the health authority and the hospital and the unit there do review incidents as the ones that the Member is referring to and I will undertake to get the relevant information for the Member.

I need to reiterate that we are not hiring employees for the renovated Joe Greenland Centre. Home care workers, we are talking about home care workers that will be employed by the authority to work for the entire community.

In answer to the Member’s first question, the briefing note said two home care support workers. When I was in Aklavik meeting with the community, after that we have looked into that further and we are working toward having three home care support workers. So it is one more than what was suggested in the briefing note. Right now there is one home care worker in Aklavik and he...

As the Member indicated, this is one of the items that we discussed when we met with the committee and I am considering those and analysing them. Mr. Chairman, I agree with the Member that this is something that we need to work on and that’s the reason why, when I did my opening statement last Friday for this budget, I announced an extension of these programs to Early Childhood Intervention Program in Fort Simpson and Inuvik. So, obviously, the department has made that a priority and put it into the budget and within the opening statement.

The recommendation, how I read it, was that that should...

I can tell you that we are looking at the possibility. The Yellowknife Health and Social Services Authority, the CEO is meeting with a community group outside of Yellowknife, that being Dettah and N’Dilo to discuss the possibility of that committee. Thank you.

The section 7 I believe is the interpretation clause which helps us within the legislation to interpret the other clauses. Anyway, we could have this discussion.

The other example that the Member mentioned, it is true. I just want to make sure that I put it on record and that I just want to express to the Members again, which is what we spoke about yesterday, yes, I would like to work with the committee. I am committed to work with the committee. We need to find a common ground. We have to work it on the basis of mutual respect and understanding. I need the committee to know that we are...

Mr. Chairman, we will do that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I generally agree with what the Member is saying. I think we will be able to have more discussion once we could make the proposal available to the House and the public. Thank you.