Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I too rise in support of this motion. The hospital emergency situation in Stanton, I think it’s a paramount matter that needs to be addressed and is needed. Security and safety is essential and should be established in the hospital. Of course, there are two more likely spots in the hospital, the emergency ward and the psychiatric ward that need to at least have immediate security systems in place.
Of course, we’re trying to learn from the incident that happened in 2011 regarding Allisdair Leishman and we need to make things right to ensure that there is a level of safety at the facility. At the same time, there are proposed renovations to the hospital. Just the nature and the scope we don’t understand yet, but hopefully it will address the security issues as well.
At the same time, there are similar security needs in all of our communities across the NWT, specifically for our facilities such as the health centres as well. Mahsi.