 We are in Prince George today opening the new Northern Cancer Center this is really significant because it means that for the first time if you get cancer you can stay here in the north and that means that the people who love you and support you can be here around you when you're getting your treatment. And we knew that we wanted a network of cancer care centers and a real radiation treatment center here in Prince George so it's the realization of a dream and it's an outstanding achievement. The impact it's going to have on the patients is amazing. One patient came up to me just now and said that the culture shock for having to be in Vancouver when they come from the little town will no longer occur which is just such phenomenal news. It is so so important that Northern residents have the equity of service that we deserve and so from my perspective it's about being able to be cared for surrounded by the people who love you and when do you need them more than when you have a diagnosis of cancer. That really indicates a far more progressive model of healthcare and ensures that people are looked after properly that's why we had to build it many said it couldn't be done you know what we proved them wrong we did it. Well my mom had cancer three times at the second time she survived and it was breast cancer and she was treated the BC Cancer Agency in Vancouver she lived in Westminster and it meant that all the people who loved her were around while she was getting treatment and it I believe it helped her survive and in her third bout with cancer she died ultimately but for the three or four months before she died as she was being treated we all got to be with her all the time every day making sure that she was all right and it was a fantastic you know it's awful to lose someone that you love but it's fantastic to be able to spend their last months with them if you can get the chance and that's what this cancer center will also mean for people here in the North.