Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker. I’ll be rising in support of this motion this afternoon. I think that the recent incidents at Stanton really highlight the need for safety at the territorial hospital, only because we also have clients and the travelling public from the small communities that go to Stanton. I think Mr. Bromley spoke about how stressful and fearful it can be when there’s an incident that does arise. I also believe that, for whatever reason, there have been many incidents quickly developing, so we as government have to come up with a plan or strategy to increase the type of security that’s available for the employees and the public as well.
Over time when things like this happen, I think the confidence and trust of the public kind of gets waned or it gets lessened, so I think that our government has to act just as quickly to restore the confidence and the trust in our health care system as people come to Yellowknife and get their health care needs.
With that, I believe it’s a good motion and the government is going to have to act quickly just to let the public know that they will be protected as well as for the employees themselves.