Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, over the last few years, it’s been raised in this House numerous times the issue around ambulance services and emergency response services in communities and the areas surrounding communities. Mr. Speaker, I think that everybody probably south of Inuvik is waiting with great anticipation to see what the government’s position is going to be. It was an interdepartmental approach to a review that was done between the Department of Health and Social Services and the Department of Transportation, I believe. Particularly in Hay River now, we have a critical need for the replacement of our fire hall facilities. If the government is going to take over those services or come up with a different plan, it’s very important for us to know, because right now those emergency response services are all provided in Hay River through volunteers with a very, very small contribution from the GNWT. I would like to ask the Minister of Health and Social Services, who I believe is the lead on this particular initiative, what the…Maybe it’s Municipal and Community Affairs that was involved in that. Whichever Minister wants to answer it, I would like to know where are we at in terms of that review on how this government is going to support emergency response services in and around communities in the Northwest Territories? Thank you.
Jane Groenewegen on Question 48-16(1): Emergency Response Services Study
In the Legislative Assembly on November 28th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Question 48-16(1): Emergency Response Services Study
Item 7: Oral Questions
November 27th, 2007
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