I am the last person to say that we should not get a briefing on the NWT Way model of health care, but we are dealing with a very minor, if I can say, part of the total Health budget. I would have felt, given the amount of debate that has taken place with respect to health care, and the diversity of opinions, that it required a full debate outside of this small capital budget. However, I will stand down to the will of the majority. If you want to incorporate it in here, that would not preclude us from debating it later on. Whatever everybody else wants. I did not expect it, to be quite honest with you. I do not, at the same time, wish to suggest for one minute that it would not be a valuable exercise, particularly as we debate the capital budget. I would have hoped to give it merit and to give it the kind of debate that is required, and given the fact that there is significant diversity of opinion which requires a full debate, I think, outside of this $5 million-plus budget. It depends on what the majority says.
John Todd on Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 9th, 1992. See this statement in context.
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 8th, 1992
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John Todd Keewatin Central
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