Thank you, Mr. Chairman for recognizing me right away. I am going to be talking in Inuktitut. (Translation) Mr. Chairman, I will want to ask the Minister this question with regard to Health and Social Services, the Minister responsible for Health and Social Services regarding the people who are going to Iqaluit for medical reasons or to Montreal. They used to be able to have escorts and they would be escorted by their relatives when they went away to the medical centres. After the policies and guidelines have changed in Health and Social Services, in particular in the Inuit communities and perhaps in the western Arctic as well; the policies are very awkward, mainly because of the reasons of the hospital patients who are near death, sometimes are not escorted by their relatives, as long as the relatives do not pay their own way. I will be asking Minister Kelvin Ng a question. Can he put forward a policy that will be understandable for Nunavut people as well as the western Arctic? Thank you, Mr. Chairman. (Translation ends)
Tommy Enuaraq on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on October 23rd, 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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Tommy Enuaraq Baffin Central
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