Mr. Antoine.

Thank you. Again, Mr. Speaker, subject to the approval, we will table it as soon as we can to settle this matter. Thank you.

Again, just to remind the Members, regarding questions that have already been asked in one session. It has already been asked today. I ask Members to pay attention so you do not have to ask the same questions again. Oral questions. Mr. Steen.

Mr. Premier.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ministers of the government receive hundreds of letters a week. Members' letters do take priority over other letters. Sometimes Ministers are unable to answer as quickly as they would like to, for the simple reason in some cases, the assignment books have piled up on your desk for ten days at a time, if you are off travelling. I will be writing to all of the Ministers to try to assure that Members' requests get answered in a prompt and quick way. Myself, I try to respond within ten days and at least acknowledge the letter. Sometimes we are unable to meet that time schedule as well. I will be writing Ministers and raising the concern the Member raised and we will try to respond as quickly as possibly. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Steen.

Mr. Morin.

Thank you. Mr. Speaker, that must have been an oversight. I will request Ministers in writing. They respond to the public in general as well as Members of the Legislative Assembly as soon as possible. We will try to get a turnaround in our correspondence, speeded up. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. Mrs. Groenewegen.

The Minister of Public Works and Services, Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this question as notice. I will get back to her. Thank you.

Thank you. The question is taken as notice. Oral questions. Mr. Erasmus.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Health and Social Services, in the area of consistent medical care, which the medical association yesterday was so concerned about. One of the methods which is nationally used to ensure consistent medical care is credentialling, whereby facilities are certified by a national agency. Could the Minister indicate whether all our hospitals are certified?

The Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Ng.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I believe the Member is referring to accreditation. To my understanding, all hospitals in the Northwest Territories are accredited by the national agency that does that. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary. Mr. Erasmus.

Could the Minister indicate whether the nursing stations are also all accredited?

Mr. Ng.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I do not believe they are. Accreditation of community health care facilities has only been a recent thing with the accreditation agency as a result of over the past few years those facilities being changed in other jurisdictions, in respect to them being the primary health care facility within communities as a result of some of the reforms other jurisdictions have undergone. It has only been, I believe, about the last two or three years that the accreditation of community health care facilities has started to take place across the country, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Erasmus.