Thank you, Madam Chair. I would certainly have no problem with that. We right now as provincial and territorial jurisdictions -- I know through my work on the Ministerial Council on Social Renewal with the Premiers have assigned to us -- are very concerned about some of the aboriginal off-loading, if you will, of the federal government, of what we feel are their fiduciary responsibilities to aboriginal people, peoples in respect to the health care services and we are actively continuing to pursue that with the federal Minister. It is an issue that has been there for quite a number of years and I think, especially recently, within the last couple of years as the profile has continued to raise particularly in some of the southern jurisdictions because of the fact that a lot of their health and social services resources are being dramatically impacted as a result of aboriginal people moving off of reserves and into the cities, into the more urban areas and creating huge fiscal demands on their programs in those southern jurisdictions as well, Madam Chair. Thank you.
Kelvin Ng on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on October 22nd, 1997. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 22nd, 1997
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
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