Mr. Pollard.

Mr. Speaker, I estimate that we will be ending up with an inventory of almost $500,000. Thank you.

Supplementary, Mr. Dent.

Mr. Pollard.

Mr. Speaker, the Oomiut, the muskox corporation owned by the Inuvialuit, is going to assist us in disposing of the muskox meat. The arts and crafts we will disperse to anybody who wants to buy them, Mr. Speaker. I am not going to sell them for ten cents on the dollar, but we will certainly be using it at the kiosk in Toronto and elsewhere. There may be some equipment left over. I do not have a complete list of the inventory right now, Mr. Speaker, but I estimate that we will be able to sell most of that inventory. Thank you.

Item 5, Oral Questions, Mr. Koe.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I realize that the new Ministers received their portfolios at 12:30 p.m. today, but I am a little concerned about their stamina to sit through question period, since two of them are missing. I have a question for the new Minister of Health and Social Services but she is not here, so I will ask the Government Leader. Has the new Minister of Health and Social Services had an opportunity to review her new office and is she pleased with her accommodations, her furniture and the accoutrements in there?

Ms. Cournoyea.

Mr. Speaker, no, she is not. She finds it a dark and dreary place and suggested that maybe something could be done to brighten it up and perhaps get lighter furniture. I said, no, put some pictures up, and she has consented to do that. Thank you.

Item 5, Oral Questions. Item 6, Written Questions. Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a written question for the Minister of Health. Would the Minister please provide the fees and disbursements paid to the following physicians for services provided in the Fort Smith health centre during the indicated periods:

a) Chris Stewart-Patterson, March 18 to April 4, 1991;

b) Alice Huang, April 4 to April 26, 1991;

c) David Poriggs, April 9 to May 24, 1991;

d) M. Hoffman, May 7 to May 25, 1991;

e) John Antonsen, May 27 to June 22, 1991;

f) David Williamson, June 28 to August 5, 1991;

g) Tom Parkinson, July 3 to August 30, 1991;

h) John Wezelman, July 25 to July 26, 1991;

i) Will Krynen, August 1 to September 27, 1991;

j) Rob Cameron, August 19 to September 2, 1991;

k) David Williamson, November 4 to December 20, 1991;

l) Tom Parkinson, November 5 to November 8, 1991;

m) Chris Stewart-Patterson, January 29 to February 28, 1992;

n) Katayoun Khorrami, February 29 to June 29, 1992;

o) Tom Parkinson, March 2 to March 13, 1992;

p) Chris Stewart-Patterson, March 9 to March 14, 1992;

q) Will Krynen, April 27 to May 11, 1992;

r) Will Krynen, June 29 to July 2, 1992;

s) Jane Gainer, June 30 to July 10, 1992;

t) M. Hoffman, June 29 to July 2, 1992;

u) Shawn Walker, July 14 to August 31, 1992;

v) Tom Parkinson, July 4 to August 30, 1992;

w) Anne Reid, July 25 to August 1, 1992;

x) M. Hoffman, July 30 to August 28, 1992;

y) Chris Stewart-Patterson, August 31 to September 5, 1992;

z) Will Krynen, August 31, 1992;

aa) Polly Lumby, September 8 to December 4, 1992;

bb) Chris Stewart-Patterson, November 26 to December 4, 1992 and,

cc) Tom Parkinson, December 5 to December 10, 1992.

If I may, Mr. Speaker?

Proceed, Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

Thank you. I have another written question that I would like to ask the Government Leader. Would the Government Leader please provide to this House a detailed list of all business travel done by the current Minister of Renewable Resources, the Minister of M.A.C.A., and of the previous Minister of Culture and Communications? Would the Government Leader please provide a list for all business travel for the past 12 months? Thank you.

Item 6, Written Questions. Item 7, Returns to Written Questions. Mr. Clerk.

We will take a short break.

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I would like to call the Assembly back to order. We are on Item 8, Replies to Opening Address. Item 9, Petitions. Item 10, Reports of Standing and Special Committees. Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Standing Committee on Agencies, Boards and Commissions has a report on the proposed elimination of the Denendeh Conservation Board. The Standing Committee on Agencies, Boards and Commissions has received three requests from the Executive Council to comment on government initiatives related to the elimination of boards and agencies. The committee has agreed to respond to these requests during the third session.

The current report comments on the standing committee's views of a plan advanced by the Minister of Renewable Resources for eliminating the Denendeh Conservation Board. Two reports dealt with earlier during the third session have considered plans for eliminating of the Student Financial Assistance Board and the board of the directors of the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation. On March 9, 1992, the former Minister of Renewable Resources, the Hon. John Ningark, wrote to the Standing Committee on Agencies, Boards and Commissions to indicate his intention to dissolve the Denendeh Conservation Board. He stated that the board lacked the support of regional organizations and would have been made redundant by the development of regional land claims. He indicated that he wished input from the Standing Committee on Agencies, Boards and Commissions on this issue.

The standing committee initially considered this matter on April 9, 1992, and further discussions were held with the new Minister, the Honourable Titus Allooloo, on October 27, 1992. Throughout this review, the Standing Committee on Agencies, Boards and Commissions has focused on the following aspects: the establishment, authority and intent role of the Denendeh Conservation Board, the financial costs related to the operation of the board, the current status of the board, the rationale for considering the elimination of the board, and the present availability in future developments of an alternative framework for ensuring that community level in is provided into departmental policies regarding wildlife and habitat management, forestry, and environmental conservation for harvesters, organizations and other public interest groups. The Standing Committee on Agencies, Boards and Commissions wishes to acknowledge the assistance of both Ministers in meeting with the committee and responding to the Members' concerns and comments. Mr. Speaker, this concludes my introductory comments on our report on the proposed elimination of the Denendeh Conservation Board.

Motion To Move Committee Report 8-12(3) To Committee Of The Whole

I would therefore move that the report of the Standing Committee on Agencies, Boards and Commissions on the proposed elimination of the Denendeh Conservation Board be received and moved into the Committee of the Whole for further consideration. Mahsi.

The motion is in order. To the motion.

Question.

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Motion is carried.

---Carried

Committee Report 8-12(3), the Standing Committee on Agencies, Boards and Commissions Report on the Proposed Elimination of the Denendeh Conservation Board, is ordered into the Committee of the Whole. Item 10, Reports of Standing and Special Committees. Mr. Koe.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Standing Committee on Agencies, Boards and Commissions has an interim report on Health and Hospital Boards in the Northwest Territories. First of all, I have some introductory remarks. The Standing Committee on Agencies, Boards and Commissions, under the authority given to it by this House, has undertaken a review of issues related to the operation of health and hospital boards established under the Territorial Hospital Insurance Services

Act. Throughout the review process, the committee has been focusing on the following aspects:

- the mandate, composition, organizational structure and function of health and hospital boards across the Northwest Territories;

- initiatives undertaken across the Northwest Territories by health and hospital boards relative to health planning, program development and service delivery;

- pertinent legislation, regulations and policy, particularly as they pertain to the authority of the board and of the Minister;

- the appointments of members to health and hospital boards; models for board structure, composition and function; working relationships between the boards, the Minister and the Department of Health;

- current barriers to the delivery of health care services and programs across the Northwest Territories by health and hospital boards, and action taken by the Government of the Northwest Territories in response to the review of selected regional health boards and the territorial health insurance services boards completed by the Standing Committee on Agencies, Boards and Commissions during the 11th Legislative Assembly and reported in October of 1990, as Committee Report 4-90(2);

- specific matters relating to board organization and operation brought to the attention of the standing committee by representatives by health and hospital boards and by professional associations working in the health care field; and finally,

- assumptions, analysis and recommendations within the Strength at Two Levels document regarding health and hospital board operations.

The Standing Committee on Agencies, Boards and Commissions held public hearings on the matter of health and hospital boards in Fort Smith on January 22, 1992, and heard from the former Minister, the Honourable Tony Whitford, and his officials as well as representatives of the N.W.T. Health Care Association and the N.W.T. Medical Association. Written submissions were later received from the N.W.T. Registered Nurses' Association and the Keewatin Regional Health Board. On November 22, 1992, the Standing Committee on Agencies, Boards and Commissions met with representatives of the Baffin Regional Health Board, the Inuvik Regional Health Board, the Keewatin Regional Health Board, the H.H. Williams Memorial Hospital Board of Management, and the Stanton Yellowknife Hospital Board of Management.

In addition, the chairperson of the standing committee has held formal consultations this month with the Government Leader in her capacity as acting Minister of Health. The understanding that has emerged from this input has caused Members of the Standing Committee on Agencies, Boards and Commissions to express serious concern over the approach that has been undertaken by the N.W.T. Department of Health in working with the health and hospital boards. Significant and complex problems seem to exist in the working relationships between the department and boards to which the standing committee must devote additional analysis before bringing forth its final report and recommendations.

Furthermore, the Standing Committee on Agencies, Boards and Commissions has recognized that the nature of the problems that exist will likely require very direct involvement at the ministerial level. Unfortunately, however, the health portfolio has been vacant since November 27, 1992. In the spirit of the consensus-style Government of the Northwest Territories, the Members of the standing committee will look forward to working with the new Minister of Health to ensure a full understanding of all relevant issues prior to bringing a comprehensive report forward to the Legislative Assembly.

For those reasons, the Standing Committee on Agencies, Boards and Commissions will provide a final report on its review of health and hospital boards when the third session resumes in February, 1993. At the present time, however, the standing committee did wish to place before the House some interim observations and a comment on a current initiative that has been undertaken within the Department of Health. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Marie-Jewell will continue.

Mrs. Marie-Jewell.