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Supplementary To Question 221-12(5): Completion Date Of Fire Fighting Negotiations
Question 221-12(5): Completion Date Of Fire Fighting Negotiations
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The Speaker

Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Arngna'naaq.

Further Return To Question 221-12(5): Completion Date Of Fire Fighting Negotiations
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Silas Arngna'naaq Kivallivik

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I don't know how successful we will be in acquiring additional funds. Due to the restraint, we have had difficulty in trying to acquire funds, but we will certainly take a good look at it. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Further Return To Question 221-12(5): Completion Date Of Fire Fighting Negotiations
Question 221-12(5): Completion Date Of Fire Fighting Negotiations
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The Speaker

Item 5, oral questions. The honourable Member for Inuvik, Mr. Koe.

Fred Koe Inuvik

Mahsi, Madam Speaker. I have a question for the Minister of Social Services. During my travels across the north, one of the many concerns raised by people in the communities dealt with the lack of proper treatment facilities for young people. Currently, young people, when they need to be assessed, have to be sent south for the assessment and treatment, and this is especially the case for youths who are addicted to alcohol or drugs. My question to the Minister is, what initiatives is the department taking in reviewing and working toward developing proper assessment and treatment facilities in the Northwest Territories for youths?

The Speaker

Thank you. Minister of Social Services, Ms. Mike.

Return To Question 222-12(5): Development Of Treatment Facilities For Youth
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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central

Thank you, Madam Speaker. This issue has been raised several times by the Members of this Legislative Assembly. As a result, a working group formed in 1990 reviewed legislative options and concluded that legislation in absence of treatment programs would be ineffective. The group recommended pilot programs in several communities if funding could be identified. Northern Addiction Services has a pilot project, along with the government of Canada, on solvent abuse as a result of those concerns that have been raised here in this House, as well as in other communities across the north. Thank you.

Return To Question 222-12(5): Development Of Treatment Facilities For Youth
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The Speaker

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Koe.

Supplementary To Question 222-12(5): Development Of Treatment Facilities For Youth
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Fred Koe Inuvik

Mahsi, Madam Speaker. It is nice to know that there is at least one pilot project in the north, but there are many communities, and not all are centred around Yellowknife. My question is, will the department also be looking at using some of the developed bush camps for assisting in treatment of youths and families?

Supplementary To Question 222-12(5): Development Of Treatment Facilities For Youth
Question 222-12(5): Development Of Treatment Facilities For Youth
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The Speaker

Thank you. Minister of Social Services, Ms. Mike.

Further Return To Question 222-12(5): Development Of Treatment Facilities For Youth
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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central

Thank you, Madam Speaker. It will all depend on what assessments have been made on youths, to what extent their addictions vary. Certainly, the department will look at these camps for youths who have fewer problems with solvent abuse or alcohol and drugs. Thank you.

Further Return To Question 222-12(5): Development Of Treatment Facilities For Youth
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The Speaker

Thank you. The honourable Member for Inuvik, Mr. Koe.

Supplementary To Question 222-12(5): Development Of Treatment Facilities For Youth
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Fred Koe Inuvik

Mahsi. I guess that is the root of the problem, the inability of assessing the youths in the north, because, for each one, we have to send them to a facility in the south to do a proper assessment and that costs a lot of money. So, I am very concerned that we have assessment facilities or the the ability to do assessments in the north. To do assessments, you also need, at the grass-roots, community level, people who are able to identify some of the problems. What is the department doing in terms of training or providing training for the development of counsellors in the communities?

Supplementary To Question 222-12(5): Development Of Treatment Facilities For Youth
Question 222-12(5): Development Of Treatment Facilities For Youth
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The Speaker

Thank you. Minister of Social Services, Ms. Mike.

Further Return To Question 222-12(5): Development Of Treatment Facilities For Youth
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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central

Thank you, Madam Speaker. The department, in trying to address a number of problems that have existed over the years, by decentralizing its clinical team to regional centres so that they can be made available to the frontline workers in the communities and also involve and identify training needs at the local level. Once that is complete, I hope that we will have more trained workers looking after problems that arise at the community level.

Further Return To Question 222-12(5): Development Of Treatment Facilities For Youth
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The Speaker

Thank you. Final supplementary, Mr. Koe.

Supplementary To Question 222-12(5): Development Of Treatment Facilities For Youth
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Fred Koe Inuvik

It is nice to hear that we are finally going to provide some of the expertise to the regional centres. My final supplementary is, in terms of some of the bush camps that are in existence and being worked on and developed, how is the department going to provide assistance or how do these camps, the operators of these camps, come to the department in terms of putting a program forward? Do they write a submission, or is the department assessing these camps, or what process is being used to be able to utilize the camps that are out there?

Supplementary To Question 222-12(5): Development Of Treatment Facilities For Youth
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The Speaker

Thank you. Minister of Social Services, Ms. Mike.

Further Return To Question 222-12(5): Development Of Treatment Facilities For Youth
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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I think, due to the restraint measures that we have been going through over the past few years, we could assist in terms of other programs that are made available from the federal government targeted for youth. As well as the Brighter Futures, there are a number of funds that are available but not available within our department or our government. Thank you.

Further Return To Question 222-12(5): Development Of Treatment Facilities For Youth
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The Speaker

Item 5, oral questions. The honourable Member for Aivilik, Mr. Arvaluk.

Question 223-12(5): Selection Process For Senior Men's Hockey Team
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February 27th, 1994

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James Arvaluk Aivilik

Madam Speaker, this question is directed to the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs in his capacity as Minister responsible for sports and recreation. On February 22, 1994, I informed the Minister in this House that not one player from the Coral Harbour senior men's hockey team would be part of the Arctic Winter Games NWT men's hockey team, even though they came in second in the territorial trials. The Minister's response to the question I asked promised to look into the matter and ensure that fairness and equality is practised in the selection process to avoid discrimination against smaller communities. My question is, has the Minister found out why there were no players from the Coral Harbour senior men's hockey team that came in second place chosen to represent the Northwest Territories at the Arctic Winter Games in Slave Lake, Alberta, this March?

The Speaker

Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Arngna'naaq.

Silas Arngna'naaq Kivallivik

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I will take the question as notice.

The Speaker

Item 5, oral questions. The honourable Member for Yellowknife Frame Lake, Mr. Dent.

Question 224-12(5): Agreement With Royal Alexandra Hospital
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Charles Dent

Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I would like to follow up on a question I asked the Minister of Health on Friday regarding the agreement or proposed agreement with Alberta to use the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton. As I mentioned then, I have had questions posed to me by constituents and I would like to gain a better understanding of how this agreement might work. Madam Speaker, presently, people are free to choose the doctor they see so that, if someone from the western Arctic is referred to a specialist, they could, for instance, choose to see a specialist in Ontario. The Department of Health would pay for the cost of transportation to Edmonton. The patient would then be responsible for picking up the cost of transportation from Edmonton to a doctor in Ontario and return to Edmonton, but through reciprocal billings, the Department of Health would pay for the consultation with the specialist. Given this new agreement that is being proposed, if the same speciality is offered at the Royal Alexandra, will people still be able to choose to see the doctor of their choice?

Question 224-12(5): Agreement With Royal Alexandra Hospital
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The Speaker

Thank you. Minister of Health, Mr. Pollard.