Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  To MP Waugh's comment on the challenge in the north in terms of the Inuit communities and of course Nunavut and the territorial governments, we've transferred all the resources and funding for home care. They partner with communities and the various service delivery organizations

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm acting for one year, apparently.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  My little two cents is that your committee researchers will no doubt find some interesting environmental scans, research documents, and discussion documents to kind of drill down and do a deep dive on that very question around what's needed, the variations of needs, and how to lo

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Basically, yes. We work with our partners in each region and territory to look at the best way of allocating. It is a formula-driven process to ensure that there's some equity across the board. It's also to ensure that for the smaller communities, there's a base with at least one

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Correct. Through contribution agreements, the communities and the leadership and the health department will determine how they manage and deliver the home care program. Ideally they're hiring local people. They're employing nurses who are part of the community, optimally.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Palliative care is the way. We've been directed by the communities that we need a strong palliative care program for dying with dignity in the community, with family.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Do you want to take a stab at that, Robin?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Okay. I'll start. As we alluded to earlier, we have no policy program coverage for long-term care facility construction. In most cases—perhaps Brenda can speak to it as well—communities have been resourceful in terms of own-source revenues, monetization from the private sector

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's a really great question, because first nation leaders, through various fora, discussion documents, and resolutions have called for affordable safe housing for seniors and the elderly in communities, and on those very points of accessibility and non-barrier homes, etc. Comm

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Exactly.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In all my privileged travels in this country, I have not heard of any requests for or intervention in supporting an individual in community for medical assistance in dying. I'm not aware of any particular requests. If I had, it would certainly be out there, to be honest. It would

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'll do a quick thing, and then Robin can do it. That's very interesting. The viability in my humble estimation.... For example, the long-term care facility in Oneida in southwestern Ontario has a mixed model, i.e., it is long-term care living, assisted living, and level 3 and 4

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'll take a crack at that. Thank you for the question. From my experience in listening and working with a number of communities across the country around the issue of long-term seniors care, I think it's safe to say, and a number of them have also said, that depending on the si

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We do not cover costs for relocation.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We would cover that under our medical transportation framework for costs of transportation.