(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good evening. Hello MLAs. I would like to speak today on people who have physical handicaps. Many Inuit in our area have physical handicaps and some are born already with a handicap. Also some are blind and some are paraplegic. Even some people who are born healthy, because of disease acquire a handicap of some sort. In support of the people who are handicapped, this particular government has not supported the handicapped people in the Northwest Territories. I would like to see, in the future, that this government will provide a support system for the handicapped people in the Northwest Territories. In the Northwest Territories, we will see some people who cannot walk and some people who are blind and other handicaps. When we see the housing conditions for people who are handicapped are not customized particularly for that person who has a handicap. For that reason, today, Mr. Speaker, I will be asking questions to the government for particulars on programs that deal with handicapped people in the future. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. (Translation ends)
Tommy Enuaraq on Physical Handicaps
In the Legislative Assembly on January 29th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Physical Handicaps
Item 3: Members' Statements
January 28th, 1997
Page 253
Tommy Enuaraq Baffin Central
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