This is page numbers 47 - 61 of the Hansard for the 12th Assembly, 2nd Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library. The word of the day was housing.

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Question O67-12(2): Study Of Hospital In Fort Simpson
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Health, Hon. Tony Whitford. Yesterday I asked a question. I wanted an indication of how you would deal with a situation like the hospital in Simpson. I just want to recap and say that when you were in Simpson, the community people and the leaders of the region expressed their concern that the hospital should be upgraded rather than downgraded so that more of the beds could be better utilized with new equipment and required staff. In fact, you know there was not even one computer in the whole hospital when you were there.

Yesterday in answer to my question you stated that the consultation team went into Fort Simpson to touch base with the people of that area. You also indicated that there was already some in-house work done to look at some statistics from the hospital itself. You went on to indicate that a timetable has already been drafted. Has a decision already been made on the status of the hospital in Fort Simpson?

Question O67-12(2): Study Of Hospital In Fort Simpson
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Minister of Health, Mr. Whitford.

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Tony Whitford

Tony Whitford Yellowknife South

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. No, the end result of the study has not been determined. The Member is correct that we wanted to set up this consultation process, and I believe that that is what is in place. When I referred to a timetable, I was simply meaning that we had several stages or phases that we wanted to go through. Phase one certainly must be the initial contact, the establishment of who -- once you talk to and do some-in house stuff that the Department of Health should be doing on a normal basis or ongoing basis -- and that is, I think, what it was that we were attempting to do. But we do not have a predetermined result -- not yet; that is still to come.

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Supplementary. Mr. Antoine.

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Question O67-12(2): Study Of Hospital In Fort Simpson
Item 5: Oral Questions

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Jim Antoine Nahendeh

Okay, I want to make sure that the needs and concerns of the people of the region are taken seriously into consideration, so I just wanted to know, will the needs and concerns of the people in that area be seriously taken into consideration when you decide to make your decision? Mahsi.

Supplementary To Question O67-12(2): Study Of Hospital In Fort Simpson
Question O67-12(2): Study Of Hospital In Fort Simpson
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Mr. Whitford.

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Tony Whitford

Tony Whitford Yellowknife South

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, by all means, the needs and the concerns of the people in that region will be taken into consideration.

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Question O67-12(2): Study Of Hospital In Fort Simpson
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Oral questions. Ms. Mike. Sorry, did you

have a supplementary, Mr. Antoine?

Supplementary To Question O67-12(2): Study Of Hospital In Fort Simpson
Question O67-12(2): Study Of Hospital In Fort Simpson
Item 5: Oral Questions

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Jim Antoine Nahendeh

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A last supplementary. I would like to ask the Minister of Health if he has any internal reports. Is it possible to have copies of any reports from discussion, including your in-house reports? I would like to see your statistic numbers, because I think we have our own numbers from Simpson. I would like to see if we are using the same numbers; so if it is possible to get reports, I would appreciate that. Mahsi.

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Mr. Whitford.

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Tony Whitford

Tony Whitford Yellowknife South

Mr. Speaker, I think that a protocol will be established as to how to best deal with this. I certainly hope that there are not two sets of numbers, ours and theirs, and I hate to begin a consultation process with that in mind. Be assured there will be one set of numbers and that we will consult, and we will let people know what we are doing, but I do not think that we have two sets of numbers.

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Oral questions. Ms. Mike.

Question O68-l2(2): Fisheries Licences
Item 5: Oral Questions

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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a question to the Minister of Renewable Resources. As he knows well, in Baffin South and Central the fisheries are a very important economic base for that region. I would like to ask if he knows if Mr. Crosbie's office will issue a licence in regard to zones 2G and 2H.

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Minister of Renewable Resources, Mr. Ningark.

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John Ningark Natilikmiot

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do not know when exactly, maybe in the near future, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, John Crosbie, will be announcing his licence requirements. We do not know exactly when.

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Supplementary, Ms. Mike.

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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to know if the Department of Renewable Resources has been involved with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in the allocation of fishery licences?

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Mr. Ningark.

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John Ningark Natilikmiot

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I know you were involved in the Iqaluit conference. Up to this time I wanted to meet with the Minister of Fisheries, as you well know. Thank you.

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Ms. Mike, your second supplementary.

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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Is your department pursuing aggressively to get involved in the decision-making with Mr. Crosbie's office? Thank you.

Supplementary To Question O68-12(2): Fisheries Licences
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Mr. Ningark.

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John Ningark Natilikmiot

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Since I came back from the trip to Iqaluit, we had a meeting with the honourable Member and with some of the people from Iqaluit, Dennis Patterson and a renewable resource officer, if my memory serves me right. Since I came back from Iqaluit, we have contacted the federal Minister's office on a number of occasions and we also have written a letter to him asking that we be brought up to date with the process. We would like our interest to be considered in the allocations of the fishery licences.

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Oral questions. Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

Question O69-12(2): Tax Exemption On Fuel And Tobacco, Salt River Reserve
Item 5: Oral Questions

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Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a question for the Minister of Finance. I posed this question the last day of our last session in December, and at that time the Minister of Finance was out of the House on business and so was the Government Leader, so I had asked the acting Government Leader to pass on this question. But to date I have not had a reply. So I would like to ask the Minister of Finance. I have a constituent in Fort Smith who has been asking the Department of Finance for quite some time for an exemption to the tax on fuel and tobacco to be served on the Salt River Reserve. I am aware that they have not been advised of a reply. Will the Minister of Finance be able to reply to my constituent as to whether or not they will give this exemption to both tax on fuel and tobacco?