Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, our staff has been sitting in Ottawa all this week, awaiting word from the staff of the Privy Council, Alex Himelfarb, and the staff from the Prime Minister's Office. I believe I have been asked by the Prime Minister to come up with some remedy, some short-term solution and to start work with us on a long-term solution and how to address the difficulty we face when dealing with our formula financing arrangement, in particular the per capita funding with which the federal government disburses most funds that are made available to jurisdictions across this country. We have achieved one thing. That is, the Prime Minister has acknowledged that per capita funding is not acceptable to be applied in the case of the territories. As of last Thursday, there was word from the Member of Parliament, the Honourable Ethel Blondin-Andrew who has been working with the Member of Parliament for Nunavut, and the Member of Parliament from the Yukon, that they would be receiving word perhaps Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. As of today, all we know is that these federal officials are asking for more time, trying to come up with some solutions. In the meantime, we've indicated our willingness to meet with the Prime Minister. We have asked the Minister of Health, Anne McLellan, to come north but to schedule it for a date after the Prime Minister and ourselves, as Premiers of the three territories, have come to a resolution regarding this issue. Thank you.
Stephen Kakfwi on Question 4-14(6): Federal Health Care Funding For Northern Territories
In the Legislative Assembly on February 12th, 2003. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 4-14(6): Federal Health Care Funding For Northern Territories
Question 4-14(6): Federal Health Care Funding For Northern Territories
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 11th, 2003
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