Thank you, Madam Premier. Mr. Dent.
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Committee Motion 36-12(6): To Adopt Recommendation 4, Carried
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That's quite satisfactory. The one other question I had asked that the Premier didn't respond to was the timetable. Is it something that we can expect to see a supplementary on, or are we talking about next year's capital budget now?
Committee Motion 36-12(6): To Adopt Recommendation 4, Carried
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Committee Motion 36-12(6): To Adopt Recommendation 4, Carried
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput
Mr. Chairman, if I can show the figures to the Minister of Finance, because we would have to find the savings that would occur as we would not have to be sending people to Edmonton for long periods of time, particularly for dialysis treatment...I would like to see that move ahead quite quickly, and it would be taken care of in a supp providing that I can make the arguments effective, Mr. Chairman.
Committee Motion 36-12(6): To Adopt Recommendation 4, Carried
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Committee Motion 36-12(6): To Adopt Recommendation 4, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Tony Whitford
Fort Smith, total region, $1.626 million. The chairman recognizes the Member for Kitikmeot, Mr. Ng.
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to ask the Minister, in undertaking and accessing renovations or expansions to health centres, does the department do that internally. I know in the Fort Smith region there's no health board, but I know that in some of the regions there are health boards. So I would like to clarify what the relationship is here. Do health boards put forward proposals for capital projects for renovations of health centres, or does the department do it on its own? Thank you.
Committee Motion 36-12(6): To Adopt Recommendation 4, Carried
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Committee Motion 36-12(6): To Adopt Recommendation 4, Carried
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput
The capital plan for renovations or health care needs is done in collaboration with the health boards. The health boards that do exist, generally indicate the priorities they would have in their region. And we would work very closely with those health boards to see how we can manage to get the needed dollars towards the areas where they feel the programs have to be enhanced. But as the Member would realize, they often have a much larger budget that they present. So we do work in collaboration with the health boards.
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The Chair Tony Whitford
Thank you, Madam Premier. Total region. The chair continues to recognize Mr. Ng.
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The health boards put forward their capital budgets to the department, but ultimately it's the department that decides what capital projects to recommend for approval, or to bring forward to the Assembly for approval. Is that correct?
Committee Motion 36-12(6): To Adopt Recommendation 4, Carried
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Committee Motion 36-12(6): To Adopt Recommendation 4, Carried
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput
Mr. Chairman, in the deliberation of what is required in the various regions, it is based on a community health needs analysis that is sometimes more advanced in some areas than others. But it is done in collaboration, what we bring forward in the end.
Committee Motion 36-12(6): To Adopt Recommendation 4, Carried
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Committee Motion 36-12(6): To Adopt Recommendation 4, Carried
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I guess I'm trying to clarify in my mind then because in areas where there isn't a health board in place to make any kind of recommendations, what consultation process would the department go through in preparing their capital plans. Is it done all internally within the department? Thank you.
Committee Motion 36-12(6): To Adopt Recommendation 4, Carried
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Committee Motion 36-12(6): To Adopt Recommendation 4, Carried
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput
Mr. Chairman, even though there isn't a health board in some areas, there are health needs studies that are done by an administration. For example, in the Mackenzie there is an administration of the Mackenzie region which, in fact, could be a board. But there is still an area of responsibility that looks after the needs of those communities on a day-to-day basis; as the work progresses, the needs fall out and it's done with the communities' involvement. There are a lot of times when we visit communities, and the MLAs put
forward the needs using the health needs study, and we work with the administrative arm in that region in identifying priorities on the capital plan.
Committee Motion 36-12(6): To Adopt Recommendation 4, Carried
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Committee Motion 36-12(6): To Adopt Recommendation 4, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
---Agreed
Committee Motion 36-12(6): To Adopt Recommendation 4, Carried
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Committee Motion 36-12(6): To Adopt Recommendation 4, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
---Agreed
Committee Motion 36-12(6): To Adopt Recommendation 4, Carried
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Committee Motion 36-12(6): To Adopt Recommendation 4, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
---Agreed
Committee Motion 36-12(6): To Adopt Recommendation 4, Carried
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