This is page numbers 1 - 29 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 housing.

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Further Return To Question 18-12(6): Changes To Dental Mechanics' Legislation
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John Pollard Hay River

Madam Speaker, I anticipate having suggested changes to the act before me sometime before June. We'll have them ready for the fall sitting of the Legislative Assembly, assuming it passes through Cabinet. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Further Return To Question 18-12(6): Changes To Dental Mechanics' Legislation
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Item 5, oral questions. The honourable Member for Yellowknife South, Mr. Whitford.

Tony Whitford

Tony Whitford Yellowknife South

Thank you, Madam Speaker. My question will be for the Minister of Health. It concerns the Dental Mechanics Act, to follow up on a question Mr. Gargan was asking. It was my understanding that the denturists could make partial plates with the impressions that were made by a dentist. I understood he couldn't work on his own, but could work in conjunction with licensed dentists. I just wonder if that is correct?

The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Minister of Health, Mr. Pollard.

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John Pollard Hay River

That is correct, Madam Speaker. A denturist, Mr. Enzoe who is resident in Yellowknife, can make partial plates and provide them to a dentist for fitting in the mouth, using the dentist's impressions. When I say the denturist can't make partials, what I mean is he can't work on his own. He can't see a patient, take the impressions, do the fittings, and so on and so forth, on his own. He can do that for full uppers and full lowers without the patient seeing a dentist.

When it comes to partials, the patient should see a dentist and the dentist can then have the partials made by the denturist. There is some provision for the making and manufacturing of partials in the Northwest Territories, but it doesn't allow Mr. Enzoe to work on his own, as far as partials are concerned. Thank you.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Whitford.

Supplementary To Question 19-12(6): Denturist Able To Work With Licensed Dentists On Partial Plates
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Tony Whitford

Tony Whitford Yellowknife South

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, after the denturist has made partials, in conjunction with a licensed dentist, will the denturist be paid for his work, if the work is done in conjunction with a licensed dentist?

Supplementary To Question 19-12(6): Denturist Able To Work With Licensed Dentists On Partial Plates
Question 19-12(6): Denturist Able To Work With Licensed Dentists On Partial Plates
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Minister of Health, Mr. Pollard.

Further Return To Question 19-12(6): Denturist Able To Work With Licensed Dentists On Partial Plates
Question 19-12(6): Denturist Able To Work With Licensed Dentists On Partial Plates
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John Pollard Hay River

Madam Speaker, in that particular instance, the dentist would be doing the impressions, et cetera, and Mr. Enzoe would be providing the dentist with the partials. So, yes, the dentist would be able to pay and be able to bill the patient, whether they are covered under a private plan in the Northwest Territories or if it is an area covered by us through Blue Cross, ultimately at the expense of the federal government. Yes, there would be a payment made in that case. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Further Return To Question 19-12(6): Denturist Able To Work With Licensed Dentists On Partial Plates
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Item 5, oral questions. The honourable Member for Iqaluit, Mr. Patterson.

Question 20-12(6): Review Of New Rent Scale By Advisory Committee On Social Housing
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April 5th, 1994

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Dennis Patterson Iqaluit

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation about the proposed new social housing rent scale. My question is, did the Advisory Committee on Social Housing review the proposed new rent scale? Thank you.

The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

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

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Don Morin Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Yes, the Advisory Committee on Social Housing reviewed the proposed new rent scale a year ago. They reviewed it just about a year ago for the first time. They also reviewed it just recently again. Thank you.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Supplementary, Mr. Patterson.

Supplementary To Question 20-12(6): Review Of New Rent Scale By Advisory Committee On Social Housing
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Dennis Patterson Iqaluit

Madam Speaker, I would then like to ask the Minister responsible for Housing, if the advisory committee gave any advice on the proposed new rent scale and, if so, what advice they gave? Thank you.

Supplementary To Question 20-12(6): Review Of New Rent Scale By Advisory Committee On Social Housing
Question 20-12(6): Review Of New Rent Scale By Advisory Committee On Social Housing
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

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

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Don Morin Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I've been working with the advisory committee for the past year and with community organizations. That is how the new rent scale was developed. Any changes you see in there came directly through recommendations by people. In general, people complained about the rent scale. They said it discouraged people from working and from going to school, so we changed it to address those issues. With all due respect to the Member, I will be moving this into committee of the whole to discuss it, where everyone has a copy. Thank you.

Further Return To Question 20-12(6): Review Of New Rent Scale By Advisory Committee On Social Housing
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Supplementary, Mr. Patterson.

Supplementary To Question 20-12(6): Review Of New Rent Scale By Advisory Committee On Social Housing
Question 20-12(6): Review Of New Rent Scale By Advisory Committee On Social Housing
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Dennis Patterson Iqaluit

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I do appreciate that I will have another opportunity in committee of the whole, but I'm very curious, Madam Speaker, to follow up on this line of questioning with the Minister. The Minister has said that the proposed rent scale was basically developed on the advice of the Advisory Committee on Social Housing, advice which has been given over the past year. My question to the Minister, then, is did the Advisory Committee on Social Housing endorse and approve the proposed new rent scale? Thank you.

Supplementary To Question 20-12(6): Review Of New Rent Scale By Advisory Committee On Social Housing
Question 20-12(6): Review Of New Rent Scale By Advisory Committee On Social Housing
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

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

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Don Morin Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Yes.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Supplementary, Mr. Patterson.

Supplementary To Question 20-12(6): Review Of New Rent Scale By Advisory Committee On Social Housing
Question 20-12(6): Review Of New Rent Scale By Advisory Committee On Social Housing
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Dennis Patterson Iqaluit

Madam Speaker, I'm aware that the Minister for the Housing Corporation is the chair of the Advisory Committee on Social Housing and I guess I would like to ask him, as a final supplementary, since he has reported to the House that the Advisory Committee on Social Housing has approved the proposed new rent scale and since the mandate of the advisory committee is to review major new or revised policies or programs proposed by the Housing Corporation and to provide advice to the Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation and the Legislative Assembly, then why does the first report of the Advisory Committee on Social Housing not say a word about approving the proposed rent scale?

All it says is that it was reviewed. Why is there not a word about the position of the advisory committee approving this rent scale? Thank you.

Supplementary To Question 20-12(6): Review Of New Rent Scale By Advisory Committee On Social Housing
Question 20-12(6): Review Of New Rent Scale By Advisory Committee On Social Housing
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

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

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Question 20-12(6): Review Of New Rent Scale By Advisory Committee On Social Housing
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I don't know why there isn't a specific word in the report saying that they approved the rent scale. But, let me assure you that they did so in the last meeting. The Member is a Member of the advisory committee. He wasn't present at that meeting, but they did approve the new rent scale. We've been working on this new rent scale for well over a year and I've been working fairly closely with the advisory committee. We tried to address the recommendations they brought forward to the Housing Corporation. We addressed approximately 98 per cent of them, and I feel it is the best compromise, that's what you have before you today. Thank you.