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Bill 73, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 4

Government Bill

19th Assembly, 2nd Session

Introduced on March 6, 2023

Events

Timeline of key legislative events

  • First Reading
    Completed March 6, 2023 (Debate | Vote)
  • Second Reading
    Completed March 7, 2023 (Debate | Vote)
  • Third Reading
    Completed March 29, 2023 (Debate | Vote)
  • Commissioner's Assent
    Completed March 30, 2023 (Debate)
  • Status

    Bill Text



    Related Votes

    March 29, 2023 Passed Third Reading of Bill 73: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 4, Carried
    March 7, 2023 Passed Second Reading of Bill 73: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 4, Carried
    March 6, 2023 Passed First Reading of Bill 73: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 4

    Discussion & Mentions

    Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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    Julie Green

    Julie Green Yellowknife Centre

    Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm going to start by saying that we report a number of indicators, health indicators, health outcomes, spending, wait times to the Canadian Institute for Health Information. And it maintains an excellent website which allows you to go into different levels of detail around the data that is NWT-specific. In terms of global wait times, I'll ask the deputy minister if she has that.

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    The Chair

    The Chair Lesa Semmler

    Thank you. Minister of Health and Social Services.

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    Kevin O'Reilly

    Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake

    Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. I've asked for this before. I had understood that there -- you know, with health system transformation from the regional, you know, boards to NTHSSA, that we'd have better data collection, better data capability. Do we have anywhere publicly available wait times for various services, and if so, where would I find that? Thanks, Madam Chair.

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    The Chair

    The Chair Lesa Semmler

    Are there any questions under administrative and support services? Seeing -- oh, Member for Frame Lake.

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    Caitlin Cleveland

    Caitlin Cleveland Kam Lake

    I'll wait then. Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I just wasn't sure if it was transferred other there or not. Thank you.

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    The Chair

    The Chair Lesa Semmler

    Did you still have questions for this section, Member for Kam Lake?

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    Julie Green

    Julie Green Yellowknife Centre

    Yes, thank you. There's a segment of our budget called long-term and continuing care services that will be discussed later on that will include Stanton Legacy information.

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    The Chair

    The Chair Lesa Semmler

    Can you clarify that -- is that -- Minister.

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    Caitlin Cleveland

    Caitlin Cleveland Kam Lake

    Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I'm wondering if this is the area where Stanton Legacy would be found.

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    The Chair

    The Chair Lesa Semmler

    Thank you. Health and social services, administrative and support services. Questions? Member for Kam Lake.

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    Julie Green

    Julie Green Yellowknife Centre

    Yes, thank you. I think that the best idea is to have the Member look in the annual report which, for NTHSSA, was tabled last fall, and there would be a breakdown in there. And if he requires additional information, please go ahead and ask me again. Thank you.

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    The Chair

    The Chair Lesa Semmler

    Thank you. Minister of Health and Social Services.

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    Rylund Johnson

    Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North

    Yeah, thank you. Just could we get a commitment to have that broken down by percentage, or if someone could even just point me to where I could find that. I've seen that list before, but I haven't quite -- I know there's a lot of work going on in the renewal and the efficiency side. But I think kind of getting a sense -- if I had to wager a guess, overtime is by far the biggest and everything else is kind of trailing behind that. But I'd like to know that for a fact, Madam Chair. So if someone could point me to where we could find that or provide it at a later date to committee. Thank you, Madam Chair.

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    The Chair

    The Chair Lesa Semmler

    Thank you. Member for Yellowknife North.

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    Julie Green

    Julie Green Yellowknife Centre

    Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the deficit for the last fiscal year is $33.7 million. It was driven by the following factors:

    • Compensation and benefits, including overtime. Staff relocation and removal and call backs;
    • Secondly, physician services;
    • Thirdly, chemotherapy drugs;
    • Fourthly, foster care and voluntary service supports; and.
    • Fifth, health services that were transferred to the correctional facilities during that year.

    We don't have that broken down by percentage. Thank you.