Mr. Chairman, I am going to get to the point. It becomes very difficult for me to understand how a health board can indicate that a new hospital could be a priority if the matter has never been dealt with as an item that could be identified as a priority, particularly if they do not have any indication that financial resources are there for that hospital. I am going to ask the Minister if she could in fact write a letter indicating that the financial resources were there and identifying in the agreement where those resources had been identified for Inuvik and Iqaluit. I think it is important for the Inuvik Health Board to discuss that particular item. They have been raising it. We have been complaining as a government for a number of years about the extraordinary cost of maintaining the present hospital. Yet, we have not even found time to encourage the possibility of the discussion of a new hospital in Inuvik. I am glad and I support the initiative taken by the Standing Committee on Finance to indicate that money has been found to plan for a new hospital. It does not make any sense that the health board would even deal with this matter if it has never been an item of importance for them, or for that matter, if it has never been an issue for which information was provided to the health board.
Richard Nerysoo on Committee Motion 31-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 31
In the Legislative Assembly on November 27th, 1992. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 31-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 31
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
November 26th, 1992
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Richard Nerysoo Mackenzie Delta
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