Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the honourable Member was at the meeting, as well. I think maybe there is a difference in understanding what took place. I think I made some commitments publicly. It was aired locally in Rankin Inlet in respect to some of the issues. First of all, I had appointed the deputy chair as an interim chair, Percy Kabloona, up until April 15th. I committed then to opening up the process for the nomination of a permanent chair and that process would be open to all groups and individuals wanting to nominate a potential candidate. I said that we would provide interim management from headquarters' staff here in Yellowknife, during a transition period until such a time as the process for hiring and filling a new CEO's position took place and was completed. Also in respect to the issue of recruitment and retention of nursing staff, I committed to working with the NWT Registered Nurses' Association, NWT Health Care Association and with the department in trying to formulate a recruitment retention plan with some specific resources attached to it that the Finance Minister and myself could possibly put forward for our Cabinet colleagues for consideration by February 15th at the latest. With respect to some of the issues around the northern medical unit, the physician's and specialist's contracts, I said in the interim I had spoken with the acting chair and he was quite receptive with our staff coming over to reopen some of the negotiations to see what services could be provided in a transition period to provide the services while the Keewatin Health Board continued on in their plans in trying to provide those services in the region, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.
Kelvin Ng on Question 51-13(5): Addressing Keewatin Health Concerns
In the Legislative Assembly on January 21st, 1998. See this statement in context.
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Question 51-13(5): Addressing Keewatin Health Concerns
Item 6: Oral Questions
January 20th, 1998
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
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