Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The direct cost of $300,000 for the board is for honorariums and travel costs of the actual board members. The indirect cost is for staff, paper shuffle, administration, as well as meeting rooms, et cetera. Thank you.
Debates of Feb. 14th, 1992
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you, Member for Tu Nedhe. Supplementary, Member for Thebacha.
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Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha
Mr. Speaker, can the Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation explain to this House what the difference is between the amount that has been stated in the Strength At Two Levels report and the amount he has just mentioned? The report stated that the operation of the NWT Housing Corporation Board of Directors costs the Government of the Northwest Territories $100,000. Now the Minister indicates that it is $300,000. Can the Minister explain this difference?
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you, Member for Thebacha. Member for Tu Nedhe.
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Strength At Two Levels report must have made a mistake, because my numbers are right. Thank you.
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Member for Thebacha.
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Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha
I, too, have recognized that there are mistakes in the report. Is the Minister of Housing indicating that there are errors in that report that could possibly be pertinent to his department? Thank you.
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you, Member for Thebacha. Mr. Minister.
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My numbers are right. I cannot say there are other errors in that report. Thank you.
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Member for Thebacha.
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Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I asked the Minister if he recognized whether or not the report possibly had errors with respect to his department. I would like to know whether the Minister recognizes that there are errors in the Strength At Two Levels report that basically pertain to the NWT Housing Corporation.
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you, Member for Thebacha. That was your last supplementary. Mr. Minister.
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There is one error for sure. I will get back to you. Thank you.
---Laughter
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 5, oral questions. Member for Kivallivik.
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Silas Arngna'naaq Kivallivik
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to follow up on the questions my colleague for Keewatin Central posed to the Minister of Health. Realizing the longer time that it will take to transport Keewatin patients, which will mean higher costs to this government, will the Minister consider the continued use of the Manitoba hospitals?
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you, Member for Kivallivik. Mr. Minister.
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Yes, Mr. Speaker, but there are other factors to consider when making decisions for non-emergency services since we do have hospitals in the Northwest Territories that are capable of delivering certain types of services now which were not available before. It is more than just a decision on travel costs. If we continue to use facilities outside of the Territories, be they Edmonton or Winnipeg, any money that is spent on patient care in these provinces stays outside the Territories; yet there are facilities in Fort Smith, Hay River, Fort Simpson, Inuvik and Yellowknife where there are beds. Any money we spend outside the Territories is drained away from the Territories, whereas if we care for patients in the Territories, that money stays here. There is more than just travel to consider.
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you, Member for Yellowknife South. Supplementary, Mr. Arngna'naaq.
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Silas Arngna'naaq Kivallivik
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Is this, then, an admission to the fact that we are trying to justify the use of the Stanton Yellowknife Hospital?
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you. Mr. Minister.
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. No, it is not a justification for using Stanton Yellowknife Hospital. I think that too much emphasis is being placed on the fact that we are trying to promote Stanton. We are not doing that at all. What we are trying to do is deliver the best service to the people of the Northwest Territories for the least cost, or at least keep the money within the Territories.
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Member for Kivallivik.
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Silas Arngna'naaq Kivallivik
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Since it appears to me that the government is able to make such flagrant use of funds that are not available, would the government consider building a hospital in the Keewatin Region?
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you. Mr. Minister.
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think, in the long term, consideration will be based on needs and assessments that are being done in the regions. I am going to the Keewatin shortly at the invitation of my honourable friend across the way. I hope at the time I go there, that they will point out some of the needs which may not be evident to me at the moment.
To answer the question, yes, we will be considering all uses of facilities in the Territories in addition to where they may be needed most in the future.