Thank you, Mr. Chairman, hopefully I live that long. The Minister's forum is going out looking for feedback and he identified that it was not a fishing trip and I also agree with him that the system is probably good but needs changing. I would assume too that the Minister is intent on keeping the hospital and medical boards in place that are there now, so I would assume that he has a lot of faith in their abilities. I am wondering, was there any consideration given to, rather than a costly forum of which we do not know how much it is going to cost, but the last Minister's forum cost over $300,000, so I would assume that it is going to be in that same range, was there any consideration given to bringing the representatives or the boards together for a conference? I note that the Minister is planning a conference at the end of the forum, but was there any consideration given to just having a conference of the hospital or medical boards that are in the territories come together? I think they have identified over the last three years what the problems are. Was there any consideration given to that type of a forum as opposed to the travelling road show? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Seamus Henry on Committee Motion: 23-13(7): Cooperation Between Social Envelope Department (h&ss)
In the Legislative Assembly on April 28th, 1999. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion: 23-13(7): Cooperation Between Social Envelope Department (h&ss)
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
April 28th, 1999
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
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