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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I have a question to the Minister of Health concerning the medical travel. You just slipped by it before I had a chance to get to it. I was trying to get your attention.
My question on the medical travel is what types of checks and balances has the Minister directed the department to put in place to try to tighten up some of the abuses of medical travel that we have seen and are continuing to see.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Do we agree that the honourable Member for Iqaluit will ask the question pertaining to medical travel? Mr. Minister.
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, as you know, we have given the responsibility for authorizing the medical travel to the health and hospital boards. We
have also given them, as of April 1st, the monetary budget to pay for the medical travel. By doing that, we think they know the clients a lot better and individuals who may be more prone to abuse the system than someone here in Yellowknife, as has been done in the past. So we are hoping that that will go a long way towards eliminating some of the abuse of medical travel, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Picco.
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, do the medical travel expenses include the cost of the boarding homes, when people stay in homes?
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The Chair John Ningark
Mr. Minister.
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, in some instances, it is included as a part of medical travel. In others where there are boarding facilities, it is outside of the medical travel component. Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Merci. Mr. Picco.
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That's it.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Henry.
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
I have one question on that. I am not sure of the terminology used for it. There were communities hooked up by video to medical doctors. How many communities would that be in and would that be a way to help decrease the amount of medical travel?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Minister.
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, it is telemedicine. It is one of the initiatives the department is working on, along with Education, Culture and Employment and the Financial Management Board Secretariat, to try to reduce some of the travel costs within the departments. Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. On page 11-21, detail of work performed on behalf of third parties, total department, Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
This agreement between Canada and the GNWT with regard to French languages, providing information documentation and also translation services in hospitals and health centres. When does that agreement run out?
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The Chair John Ningark
Merci. Mr. Minister.
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, it is a year-by-year agreement. It runs out March 31, 1997. Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Total department, Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Is there anything this department is trying to do with regard to allocating more funds for aboriginal languages versus French? If you look at the previous year,
1995-96, they have $339,000. This year, they had $292,000 but you don't have anything there with regard to aboriginal languages. What is your department doing trying to access funds for aboriginal languages versus French languages?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Minister.
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Mr. Chairman, as I indicated earlier to the honourable Member, we have the capacity for interpreting services within the existing language bureau and Education, Culture and Employment which we use extensively. We have it within the boards, the contributions that are given out across the Territories, and we have it within the department. So those are the sources of interpreting and translating that we use for our materials, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. What is the percentage breakdown of contributions? Is it 100 per cent contributed by the federal government or is there a costsharing arrangement between yourselves and the federal government?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Minister.
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I don't know the specifics of the cost sharing. This is the portion that is allocated to this department from the holders of the French-languages cooperation agreement with the federal government. I am not sure if it lies within the Premier's office or the Department of Education, Culture and Employment. This is just our allocation. You will see it in every department. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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