Debates of Feb. 20th, 1992

This is page numbers 72 - 90 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 board.

Topics

Members Present

Item 1: Prayer

Giving Youth A Chance To Decide On Plebiscite

Executive Council's Version Of Consensus Government

Situation At Inuvik Regional Hospital

Baffin Art Shop

Absolute Discharge For Individual Convicted Of Sexual Assault

Ministers' Statement 12-12(2): Interim Report On The Commission For Constitutional Development

Ministers' Statement 13-12(2): Workers' Compensation Board And Hunters' And Trappers' Coverage

Contamination Of Liard And Mackenzie Rivers

Item 4: Returns To Oral Questions

Question O92-12(2): Eggs Being Exported From NWT Without Proper Licence

Question O93-12(2): Hay River Egg Operation In Accordance With NWT Laws

Question O94-12(2): Public Works Minister's Commitment To Business Incentive Policy

Question O95-12(2): Environmental Meetings Between Bc And Nwt

Question O96-12(2): Finance Minister's Commitment To Business Incentive Policy

Question O97-12(2): Dpw Minister's Commitment To Development Of Business Incentive Policy

Question O98-12(2): Committee To Develop New Mining Safety Act

Question O99-12(2): Consultation With Elders In Elective Surgery

Question O100-12(2): Status Of Metis Health Benefits

Question O101-l2(2): Proposed Park For Lake Harbour

Question O102-12(2): Number Of Proposed Pys To Be Transferred To Power Corporation

Question O103-12(2): Dental Practitioners With Hiv Or Aids To Inform Patients

Question O104-12(2): Appointment Of Chairman, Mining Safety Committee

Question O105-12(2): Funding For Environmental Surveys, Sanikiluaq

Question O106-12(2): Quarterly Funding For Divisional School Boards

Question O107-12(2): Mining Safety Committee

Question O108-12(2): Performance Standards For Workers' Compensation Board

Question O109-12(2): Equality For All Northerners Under Northern Incentive Policy

Question O110-12(2): Minister's Support For Principle Of Absolute Preference

Question O111-12(2): Membership On Mining Safety Committee

Question W7-12(2): Northwest Territories Post-secondary Student Statistics

Question W8-12(2): Tendering Process In The Inuvik Region

Committee Report 2-12(2): Report Of The Standing Committee On Agencies, Boards And Commissions

Item 12: Tabling Of Documents

Item 15: Motions

Tabled Document 10-12(2) To Committee Of The Whole

Tabled Document 9-12(2) To Committee Of The Whole

First Reading Of Bill 15: Official Languages Act

Second Reading Of Bill 13: Financial Administration Act

Second Reading Of Bill 9: Insurance Act

Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Point Of Order

Item 19: Report Of Committee Of The Whole

Item 21: Orders Of The Day

Supplementary To Question O97-12(2): Dpw Minister's Commitment To Development Of Business Incentive Policy
Question O97-12(2): Dpw Minister's Commitment To Development Of Business Incentive Policy
Item 5: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Mr. Morin.

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Don Morin Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The amendments to the business incentive policy I am putting forward to cabinet tomorrow may get through cabinet, or they may not be approved by cabinet. I will be in a better position to answer this tomorrow. Thank you.

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Are you taking that as notice, Mr. Morin? Yes, he is. Oral questions. Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

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Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha

Point of order, Mr. Speaker. You asked the Minister if he was taking it under notice, and he did not reply into the record. Thank you.

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

I will repeat the question for the record. Mr. Morin, are you taking the question as notice?

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Don Morin Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes.

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Oral questions. Mr. Dent.

Question O98-12(2): Committee To Develop New Mining Safety Act
Item 5: Oral Questions

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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is for the Minister of Safety and Public Services. During the last session the Minister announced that a consultative process to develop the new Mining Safety Act would take place under the auspices of a committee with an independent chair. Can the Minister tell the House if this committee has been struck yet?

Question O98-12(2): Committee To Develop New Mining Safety Act
Item 5: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Minister responsible for mine safety, Mr. Patterson.

Return To Question O98-12(2): Committee To Develop New Mining Safety Act
Question O98-12(2): Committee To Develop New Mining Safety Act
Item 5: Oral Questions

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Dennis Patterson Iqaluit

Mr. Speaker, I am still actively consulting, particularly with organized labour, in order to get this committee established. Those consultations are not quite concluded; but when they are, Mr. Speaker, and I expect that to happen shortly, I will give this House a statement on the results of the process to date, and I expect that very shortly. Thank you.

Return To Question O98-12(2): Committee To Develop New Mining Safety Act
Question O98-12(2): Committee To Develop New Mining Safety Act
Item 5: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Oral questions. Mr. Gargan.

Question O99-12(2): Consultation With Elders In Elective Surgery
Item 5: Oral Questions

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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to direct my question to the Minister of Health. On February 10, I attended a funeral in Fort Providence of an elderly person who died, in Edmonton, because of the surgery that was performed to remove gallstones. The person was 89 years old, and perhaps if there was a concern regarding prolonging his life, then maybe the surgery should not have been done. The point, Mr. Speaker, is that the old man did have that surgery, and as a result of that he hemorrhaged and did not regain consciousness.

I realize that transportation is a concern, but when people of that age are required to travel to Edmonton to have surgery, they should be informed as to whether or not it is in their best interest to have surgery that could have serious complications. I would like to know whether they are advised of that or if they are just told, "You need these gallstones removed, so you have to get them removed."

Question O99-12(2): Consultation With Elders In Elective Surgery
Item 5: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Minister of Health, Mr. Whitford.

Return To Question O99-12(2): Consultation With Elders In Elective Surgery
Question O99-12(2): Consultation With Elders In Elective Surgery
Item 5: Oral Questions

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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would not know the specifics in this instance, but I think that medical matters like that are between patients and their doctors. I think that doctors make their best judgment at the time with the information that they have. I think we are treading on pretty thin ground if we start to tell people, "You are too old to have an operation," unless there are some other factors in there that the doctor might know at the time. I think it is a judgment call that the medical profession takes very seriously and it is a matter between a physician and a patient as to the level of care they should receive.

Return To Question O99-12(2): Consultation With Elders In Elective Surgery
Question O99-12(2): Consultation With Elders In Elective Surgery
Item 5: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Mr. Gargan, supplementary.