Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions this afternoon are for the Minister of Health and Social Services on the issue of the decision to relocate the Territorial Treatment Centre from Yellowknife. Mr. Speaker, the process of taking ideas or proposals from concept or potential into reality is normally quite an extensive and sometimes an even prolonged process in this Assembly. That's one of the strengths, sometimes one of the weaknesses of consensus. But this is not a partisan House, Mr. Speaker, this is a consensus House where the minority government has to work with the majority of Members on this side to help make those tough decisions in the best interests of everyone possible. My question, Mr. Speaker, is after all the commotion that this House went through in the last session where the communities of Inuvik and Hay River were affected by the closure of remand centres and the Dene K'onia centre, has this government not learned anything about how sensitive and how critical a matter it is to work with MLAs on this side when we're talking about moving jobs and moving public services from one community to another? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Bill Braden on Question 13-15(4): Relocation Of The Territorial Treatment Centre
In the Legislative Assembly on May 26th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Question 13-15(4): Relocation Of The Territorial Treatment Centre
Item 7: Oral Questions
May 25th, 2005
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