Thank you. Mr. Minister.
Debates of April 28th, 1999
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Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In an agreement with the Metis organization, we have established that they would administer their enrolment and criteria that is met. They have managed that now since the program has been developed. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
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Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. What is the criteria, though? Can they just come in on a plane from Alberta and apply for Metis health benefits or do they have to be here from 1950? Can we get some indication, please?
Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
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Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. They developed a criteria for what they would consider to be enrolment as a Metis in the Northwest Territories. They, since the inception of the program, have monitored and developed guidelines that are fairly stringent, I believe, we have not seen, since the inception, a large increase in the total number of applicants that would use the system. Thank you.
Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Is the Minister quibbling? Mr. Chairman, I have a copy of a page from Webster's dictionary and it says, quibble, an evasion of or shifting from the point at issue. What I wanted to know is how long does a person have to be in the north before they are eligible for Metis health benefits? Maybe the Minister does not have that information at his fingertips.
Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
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Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will try and reassure that the Member that in answering the question I have told him we do not develop the criteria, but we will endeavour to get that for the Member and provide it to him. On
that, we would be able to get that, I believe, through the agreement that is in place. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
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Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Minister had indicated that the agreement is with the Metis Nation, I believe. Are North Slave Metis and other Metis organizations that perhaps do not belong to the Metis Nation, are they also eligible for Metis health benefits?
Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
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Committee Motion 24-13(7): Labour Market Supplement For Nurses
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The agreement is for the Metis in the Northwest Territories, so they would be eligible for it if they meet the criteria that have been set out. Thank you.
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The Chair Jake Ootes
Further questions? Health Insurance Programs, grants and contributions. Contributions, total contributions, $5.479 million. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Jake Ootes
Primary and Acute Care Programs, operations and maintenance, $76.630 million. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Jake Ootes
Page 6-19, Primary and Acute Care Programs, grants and contributions. Contributions, total contributions, $76.455 million. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Jake Ootes
Primary and Acute Care Programs, details of capital. Contributions, headquarters, total headquarters region, $4.5 million. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The health care facility going into Inuvik, is that indicated in here?
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The Chair Jake Ootes
Thank you, Mr. Erasmus. Mr. Minister, could you indicate where the Inuvik Health facility is indicated in the budget? Thank you.