FridaySA国际影视传媒檚 session of the legislative assembly was largely devoted to eldersSA国际影视传媒� issues and Arviat North-Whale Cove MLA John Main asked Health Minister George Hickes to reopen the eldersSA国际影视传媒� home in Baker Lake.

That location was shut down in April 2018 and SA国际影视传媒渢here is no intention of reopening that facility in Baker Lake in that existing (building),SA国际影视传媒� Hickes said.

Hickes and Rankin Inlet South Lorne Kusugak reassured MLAs several times throughout the day that there are no plans to close long-term care centres in Iglulik, Gjoa Haven and Cambridge Bay and an elderSA国际影视传媒� home in Arviat as the GN establishes 156 new long-term care beds in the coming years.

Main remained suspicious and quoted from a GN document provided to MLAs.

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Main said he hopes the Baker Lake eldersSA国际影视传媒� home closure is not the beginning of a trend.

Hickes refused to discuss the details of what happened in Baker Lake.

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