Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I am going to talk about the long-term care room and board rate increases that occurred April 1, 2012. I am very concerned about… [English translation not provided.]…that is pretty much all of their elders’ income support… [English translation not provided.] I truly believe that it is in the treaties that our health care is provided for, so I don’t know how our government is charging our Aboriginal elders rent increases for hospitals, even for people that aren’t elders that want to go to the hospital. Their health needs are taken care of by Health Canada, so when it comes to elders, we are charging almost all of the little old age security income that they get. It is a real conundrum.
I raised it in the past. I would like to pursue it a bit further. I will be asking the Minister of Health and Social Services questions about this. Why isn’t our government pursuing it with Health Canada? Why aren’t the treaty aspects being addressed from that perspective? Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. The honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, Mr. Moses.
