Glen Abernethy

Thank you. I don’t understand the question. Maybe the Member could clarify a little bit, that would be great.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Non-Insured Health Benefits doesn’t appear on this page. It is on the page that the Member referred to previously. I think it’s page 8-37.

With respect to what we’re billing back from Nunavut, we do bill on actuals, but we have to project based on past experiences. If you look at the first column, 2012-13 actuals, those are the actuals. The main estimates for 2013-14 were based on estimates. The revised main estimates are showing the same number, but in the next main estimates you will see 2013-14 in this column and you will see the actuals because by then we will...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. By way of example, physicians pay their own licensing fees and whatnot, but through terms and conditions of employment, nurses would pay theirs and maybe social workers would pay theirs, but a lot of them can be reimbursed.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I’m going to go to Ms. Mathison for that, but this is not Non-Insured Health Benefits.

We don’t have a lot of flexibility on the categories we will be able to spend those federal dollars in, but as we get more clarity around those categories that we can spend dollars and we have some concepts or ideas about where we might be able to utilize those dollars, I will absolutely have discussions with committee.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The agreements are not with the oil companies or businesses providing services in the Northwest Territories. They are with the jurisdiction in which the person lives. So if somebody working at a camp happened to be from Nova Scotia and they were injured and they had to use our facilities, we would charge back Nova Scotia, not the oil company. Our agreements are at a provincial and territorial level.

That is the net in and out.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We ran out of time on the clock last night before I was able to respond to all of the Members’ opening comments. A number of the Members mentioned THSSI funding. I would just like to talk a little bit about the THSSI funding before we move on.

As I think everybody knows, THSSI was originally funded for five years in 2005 to 2010 and it was extended for two years for 2010 to 2012 and again for another two years, 2012 to 2014. The original intent and purpose of THSSI was to support health reform activities that addressed one or more of the following three broad goals: to...

I’m going to have to get that information from the Member because I’m not sure what he’s actually talking about.

That’s fine. We can do that.