Mr. Chairman, I want to ask the Minister regarding the change of the health benefits programs that we’re administering. I know that puts a lot of pressure onto our financial pocket here in the GNWT in terms of how that rolls out. I want to ask the Minister about the challenges that we’re going to see changing the program and if that puts any constraint onto some of the programs we want to see in our communities or resources in our communities such as the community of Colville Lake having a nurse there or having a social worker there. We just seem to be operating on the accessibility from Fort Good Hope or Norman Wells to fly into Colville Lake, do the program, and then they leave. People again left without really having a health worker there or social worker there like other communities and now they’re starting to put some pressure on me to put pressure to the department on how we work around this so that basic services in the North are there when people need them. I want to ask the Minister how to work around these tough challenges to see that equal accessibility of health care workers are the same in the North.
Norman Yakeleya on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 7th, 2011. See this statement in context.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
February 6th, 2011
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