Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in my Member's statement, I raised a number of issues. I want to start with one of them today. The question is about the announcement that was made on the wait times by the federal government and his territorial counterparts about a month ago in the Great Hall. I would like to ask the Minister of Health a question about how that proposal, in terms of how it relates to the North, has come about. The federal statement stated that the wait times would gear towards five categories. Some of them being cancer treatment, diagnostic imaging and surgical programs and such, but for the northern communities, the money is small. I understand that it is only about $5 million. It would go toward primary care. There is nothing wrong with that, but I would like to know how that program idea came about, because my understanding is we were not consulted in Social Programs committee. I don't know what the Minister did. The insider constituency meeting suggested that, in fact, the federal government did want what the GNWT wanted. I would like to know how the Minister came about that idea. Thank you.
Sandy Lee on Question 42-15(6): Health Procedure Wait Times
In the Legislative Assembly on May 9th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Question 42-15(6): Health Procedure Wait Times
Item 7: Oral Questions
May 8th, 2007
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