This is page numbers 397 - 428 of the Hansard for the 12th Assembly, 6th 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 community.

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Further Return To Question 198-12(6): Update Of 1992 Housing Needs Survey
Question 198-12(6): Update Of 1992 Housing Needs Survey
Item 6: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for High Arctic, Mr. Pudluk.

Question 199-12(6): Funding For Arctic Bay Women's Group
Item 6: Oral Questions

October 19th, 1994

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Ludy Pudluk High Arctic

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would like to direct my question to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. I was happy to receive a letter back on April 27, 1994, from the Minister's staff stating that a funding request for my constituency was approved by the Minister under the workers' training fund to fund the Ivvalu Women's Group of Arctic Bay. But, I'm disappointed to say that the funds that were approved by the Minister have not found their way to my constituents.

My question is, how long does it take to get funds approved by the Minister into the communities after the Minister approves them? Thank you.

The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Nerysoo.

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Richard Nerysoo Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I don't track the time, but I apologize to the Member if the group hasn't received the resources. I would assume the department would send the resources immediately to the community. But, I will look into it.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. The honourable Member for Yellowknife South, Mr. Whitford.

Tony Whitford

Tony Whitford Yellowknife South

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I would like to direct a question to the Minister of Health and Social Services, Madam Premier. It concerns the Stanton territorial hospital which was built some years ago to provide state-of-the-art medical services to residents of the Northwest Territories.

In the past, we've had occasions when we didn't have all the services available here in the Northwest Territories that patients need. And, as a consequence, they would have to go to the nearest centre, such as Edmonton, for specialized treatment until such time as the demand was sufficient here in the north to establish that treatment in the territories.

The hospital, of course, is well-used, but it is currently not equipped to handle some ailments that are becoming more prevalent in the territories. One of those illnesses is kidney malfunction. There seem to be a growing number of individuals suffering from kidney problems. I would like to ask the Minister if she could advise me if there are any plans to purchase state of the art equipment for the residents of the territories suffering from kidney malfunction.

The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Minister of Health and Social Services, Madam Premier.

Return To Question 200-12(6): Equipment For Kidney Patients At Stanton
Question 200-12(6): Equipment For Kidney Patients At Stanton
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput

Madam Speaker, there are plans to acquire the equipment and the necessary support to provide kidney dialysis treatment in the Northwest Territories. Thank you.

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Question 200-12(6): Equipment For Kidney Patients At Stanton
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Whitford.

Supplementary To Question 200-12(6): Equipment For Kidney Patients At Stanton
Question 200-12(6): Equipment For Kidney Patients At Stanton
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Tony Whitford

Tony Whitford Yellowknife South

Thank you, Madam Speaker. That was a good answer, and I'm very pleased to learn of that. I would like to direct a second question. There are a number of

patients here in the city who already require the treatment and there are patients who soon will require such treatment. There is always an associated cost for establishing the treatment as well as a cost to send patients to the south. I wonder if the Minister can inform me whether or not Stanton Hospital has looked into these costs and has prepared any report that would provide us in this House with that kind of information.

Supplementary To Question 200-12(6): Equipment For Kidney Patients At Stanton
Question 200-12(6): Equipment For Kidney Patients At Stanton
Item 6: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Minister of Health and Social Services, Madam Premier.

Further Return To Question 200-12(6): Equipment For Kidney Patients At Stanton
Question 200-12(6): Equipment For Kidney Patients At Stanton
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput

Madam Speaker, I did look at the numbers and some of the information that was put together. It is not really in a report. There are some figures and some assertions about what the cost would be to equip Stanton Hospital. As the Member rightly stated, there are also associated costs. That analysis is being done now. We are trying to make sure we get all the figures and all the questions that have to be answered, answered. We're in the process right now.

Given that the figures show the cost-benefit of providing the services in Yellowknife for Northwest Territories residents, we will proceed with establishing how we would do that. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Further Return To Question 200-12(6): Equipment For Kidney Patients At Stanton
Question 200-12(6): Equipment For Kidney Patients At Stanton
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Whitford.

Supplementary To Question 200-12(6): Equipment For Kidney Patients At Stanton
Question 200-12(6): Equipment For Kidney Patients At Stanton
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Tony Whitford

Tony Whitford Yellowknife South

Thank you. Just a final question, Madam Speaker. To a person who is suffering from kidney ailments, any time is a long time. I was encouraged, and I'm sure they'll be encouraged, to hear the answers that were given by the Minister. I would just like to ask if the Minister could give us an anticipated time that this service would become available here for northern residents, so they wouldn't have to travel south.

Supplementary To Question 200-12(6): Equipment For Kidney Patients At Stanton
Question 200-12(6): Equipment For Kidney Patients At Stanton
Item 6: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Minister of Health and Social Services, Madam Premier.

Further Return To Question 200-12(6): Equipment For Kidney Patients At Stanton
Question 200-12(6): Equipment For Kidney Patients At Stanton
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput

Madam Speaker, I can't give a specific time. Thank you.

Further Return To Question 200-12(6): Equipment For Kidney Patients At Stanton
Question 200-12(6): Equipment For Kidney Patients At Stanton
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Deh Cho, Mr. Gargan.

Further Return To Question 200-12(6): Equipment For Kidney Patients At Stanton
Question 200-12(6): Equipment For Kidney Patients At Stanton
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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I have another question for the Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation. I understand that the corporation allocated a number of housing units to communities, based on the capital funding available and the assessed needs of each community. Can the Minister advise me if there have been any occasions where the actual number of units constructed in a community were different or less than the approved estimates?

Further Return To Question 200-12(6): Equipment For Kidney Patients At Stanton
Question 200-12(6): Equipment For Kidney Patients At Stanton
Item 6: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Mr. Gargan, I am having a problem with your question with regard to the detail you want from the Minister. I wonder if you could somehow rephrase your question, without trying to draw out a detailed answer. They should come under written questions. The honourable Member for Deh Cho, Mr. Gargan.

Samuel Gargan Deh Cho

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister if, within a given year, the actual amounts of units allocated and constructed are different or less than actual estimates.

The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, Mr. Morin.

Return To Question 201-12(6): Housing Units Delivered Versus Units Allocated
Question 201-12(6): Housing Units Delivered Versus Units Allocated
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Every year, the allocation changes in the communities. For example, last year, I think we had borrowed approximately 30 or 40 units from some of the eastern communities and built them in the west, and then paid them back the following year. But I made all that information available to SCOF when we did that. Whenever a unit is put off one year, it's always replaced the next year. But this year what we've done, even without specific allocations, in some of the communities where there were 40 access units not allocated, we built them regardless. So there's always some give and take to make sure we expend all the funds and build as many units as we can, but they're always paid back. Thank you.

Return To Question 201-12(6): Housing Units Delivered Versus Units Allocated
Question 201-12(6): Housing Units Delivered Versus Units Allocated
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Gargan.

Supplementary To Question 201-12(6): Housing Units Delivered Versus Units Allocated
Question 201-12(6): Housing Units Delivered Versus Units Allocated
Item 6: Oral Questions

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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho

My supplementary, Mr. Minister, is in the Minister's response he said that even when clients are not identified, the construction went ahead. I would like to ask the Minister, have you based the construction of those units on the needs assessment if, in fact, you haven't identified but you still went ahead.

Supplementary To Question 201-12(6): Housing Units Delivered Versus Units Allocated
Question 201-12(6): Housing Units Delivered Versus Units Allocated
Item 6: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Minister of Housing, Mr. Morin.