Mr. Speaker, given that the Health
and Social Services Return of Service bursaries are funded out of the Department of Health and Social Services and the policies are written by Health and Social Services and it’s administered by Human Resources, I’m choosing to ask my questions to the Minister responsible for Health and Social Services.
In my Member’s statement I talked about the Return of Service bursaries that the department provides. To be clear, I think the bursaries are a fantastic idea, and I think they have a lot of value. My concern is mostly around the fact that there are a large number of bursaries out there for individuals who have not returned to the Northwest Territories or did not complete their studies. As such, they should be returning their money. I believe that not much, or nothing, has been done to collect these dollars back. I was wondering if the Minister could tell me what process they’re using to collect these dollars and whether or not they’ve begun to collect the majority of the dollars that are owed.