(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will be speaking in Inuktitut. Just recently I spoke with people in my constituency, and people approached me with concerns about billeting procedures in Iqaluit. Mr. Speaker, there is a boarding home for students going to college. Mr. Speaker, recently people travelling in the Baffin to go to the hospital had to find their own billets or had to find their own boarding homes, and if a person was going to Iqaluit to have a child, they would have to make their own arrangements or billets. We are glad that there is a boarding home now available to these patients. Mr. Picco is aware of the concerns and he is aware of those people who opened their homes to the people who travelled to Iqaluit. I would also visit Mr. Picco. He also had people from Clyde River and from other communities stay with him. There is a boarding home available now in the Baffin, and we are very happy with this. When I talk to the people who travel to Iqaluit for health reasons, they are very happy with the boarding home. They are able to eat traditional food in the home. They are being very well taken care of. I just wanted to speak today to say that we are very happy that the Department of Health was able to put in a boarding home in Iqaluit. I would also like to recognize the people that took in patients before the boarding home was open. Thank you. (Translation ends)
Levi Barnabas on Member's Statement 92-13(5): Boarding Facilities In Iqaluit
In the Legislative Assembly on January 27th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Member's Statement 92-13(5): Boarding Facilities In Iqaluit
Item 3: Members' Statements
January 26th, 1998
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Levi Barnabas High Arctic
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