Thank you, Mr. Chairman. One of the issues that have been raised in my community of Arviat, has been the issue of representation on the regional health boards. It was reflected in the report of the Standing Committee on Finance. The concern was that a representative of the community health board had not been represented in the Keewatin Regional Health Board for a period of 17 months. In that period of time, there have been some major decisions made. Other studies, which have been completed by the Keewatin Regional Health Board, has left the community of Arviat without a representative and without any say as to what takes place in the decisions in the Keewatin region. I appreciate that the new Minister was very quick to respond to this concern, and also the fact that there were a number of Ministers who took on the portfolio, but it was a concern which the community was unable to do very much about. I also have learned, in that period of time, that the process for appointing a representative from a particular community to a regional health board can be tedious. I would like to ask the Minister if there has been any thought given by the department to changing the process for appointing members from communities to the regional health boards?
Silas Arngna'naaq on Committee Motion 56-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 8, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on December 6th, 1993. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 56-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 8, Carried
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
December 5th, 1993
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Silas Arngna'naaq Kivallivik
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