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the Yulcon Tenitorial Goverrrent has been placed in a difficult position<br />
by the refusal of ttre Yukon Native Brotherhood to ratifir the contract<br />
for transfer of the health care systen frcrn federal to lerritorial<br />
a&ninistration. F1o Wtryrard, Hcecutive Ccnrnittee lEnber for llealtlr and<br />
Ilunan Resources said today: "TLre Yukon C;overrment will not be inrzotved<br />
in th-is confrontation between ttre lt[B and the federal gover:rrent. We<br />
are waiting for ttre federal llealth and Welfare officials to sort out<br />
threir differences wittr tle Yukon Indian people and cr:rne to scnre kind<br />
of-satisfactoly arrangerent. when th-is occurs, yrc is prepared to<br />
deliver health prograrns to all the people of tlre yukon. we are verlz<br />
disatr4ninted ttrat t.}re native people have aoparently changed ttreir<br />
minds, after atrproving the contract for ttr,eir special heiltlr care<br />
last October. A11 parties, ttre federal DeparErent of IIeaIth, the yIrIB<br />
ard ttE 1IIG had agrreed that there were nEmy advantages to the native<br />
people of the Yukon in tlre $830,000 anrrual crcntract. ft wqrld have<br />
provided them wit.| the first r,mritten agreenent for responsiJcility on<br />
tte part of the Canadian Covernnent for ttreir healttr senrices, ana in<br />
addition to tlre special allor,vances for such itens as eye glasses,<br />
dental lvrcrk and transportation, there were several neul prograns included<br />
in ttre funding.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se were the establislrrent of a nernr llealth Services Revier^r Board,<br />
funded by the federal groverr:nrent, thnough which the YNB r,rcuId nrcn:itor<br />
and supenrise the healttr senrj-ces delivered to the native pecple in<br />
tlte Yukon; ttre selection, trailing and erplcryznrerrt of 15 onnunity<br />
health representatives in native csnrunities, and a special training<br />
progrdn in health fields for native people. I{rs. Vttqrard said that<br />
folloving tlre approval in principle of the hea-l-ttr transfer last October<br />
hy the Y-l{B, the Yukon Governnent had put in a rot of solid r,rork on the<br />
arrangellEnts for taking over the buildings, equitrrrent and personnel norr.r<br />
artninistered by the federal Departnent of llealttr in the yukon, and<br />
specific offers of erplolment had been made to scne 265 federal health<br />
senrice erplqrzees. Dearlline for acceptance of these offers had been<br />
set at February I7 for the transfer date of Ivlrrch 31.<br />
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