Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have had this discussion with the Minister before in committee regarding the deficit situation at some of our health boards at Stanton and the Beaufort-Delta. Am I to understand too that there is some deficit accruing in the Sahtu as well? I would like the Minister to elaborate a little bit on what the plan is to better manage these facilities and these boards if they are allowed to run up what amounts in the last few years here over $10 million in deficit and then come back to supplementary appropriation to, in effect, wipe out their deficit. That is not a very good way to manage anything, if you ask me, Mr. Chair. Again, I just wanted to be clear on what the Department of Health and Social Services' plan is going forward. There has been some discussion regarding are we underfunding. Is the department not paying attention to what is going on out there? Is it poor management? What is it? Or is it a variety of different things? That hasn't been clearly spelled out for the Members of this House. All that we are expected to do is just rubberstamp a supplementary appropriation every six months. Wiping out a million dollars in accrued deficit doesn't faze anybody. Mr. Chair, I think it should faze us. I think we should get to the bottom of it, and we should try to come up with a plan or run our health system more effectively so that we are not faced with this issue every six months. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
David Ramsay on Motion To Extend Sitting Hours, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on May 15th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Motion To Extend Sitting Hours, Carried
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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