This is page numbers 5353 - 5396 of the Hansard for the 19th Assembly, 2nd Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library. The word of the day was know.

Diane Archie

Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, the construction of the Tulita Health Centre was suspended in June of 2021. We had concerns from the community that during COVID that they did not want anybody outside of the residents to be in the community so therefore we did put a halt on it. And right now we are continuing discussions with the department of health to see what we do with the project. I don't have answers right now other than we are looking into it. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

The Deputy Speaker

The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler

Thank you, Minister. Final supplementary. Member for Great Slave.

Katrina Nokleby

Katrina Nokleby Great Slave

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, it's my understanding that work did resume on the health centre over the last while and that since then there's been a demobilization or a stop of work. Can the Minister speak to that? Thank you.

Diane Archie

Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, we did work with the department of health. We went back to the community. We are -- we did halt, that is correct. And now we're looking at trying to get the project back on track. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

The Deputy Speaker

The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler

Thank you, Minister. Oral questions. Member for Great Slave.

Katrina Nokleby

Katrina Nokleby Great Slave

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I'm going to continue along this line of questioning.

Can the Minister speak to when the last halting or demobilization or stoppage of work at the Tulita Health Centre occurred? It must have been past the time of the COVID stopping. Thank you.

Diane Archie

Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I don't know the dates. I can get back to the Member with the timeline on what we've been doing with the project. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Katrina Nokleby

Katrina Nokleby Great Slave

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I'm disappointed to hear that the Minister doesn't have this answer, considering it's an outstanding request that I have into her department that I've yet to see a response for. Maybe the question is when will the Minister respond to me with my answers to my questions? Thank you.

Diane Archie

Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, we can definitely work with the staff at infrastructure and pull up the BF and make sure that we respond. Thank you.

The Deputy Speaker

The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler

Thank you. Final supplementary. Member for Great Slave.

Katrina Nokleby

Katrina Nokleby Great Slave

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, is it the intent of the Department of Infrastructure to re-tender this project or; i.e., send it out for another RFP round? Thank you.

Diane Archie

Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. The project for the Tulita Health Centre, we're still having discussions. The BF is due tomorrow. We'll try and get a response back to the Member. In terms of what do we do going forward, we're still having those discussions. Thank you.

The Deputy Speaker

The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler

Thank you, Minister. Oral questions. Member for Great Slave.

Question 1388-19(2): Tulita
Oral Questions

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Katrina Nokleby

Katrina Nokleby Great Slave

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, the BF for this -- or as the public doesn't know, the email for this question that I've asked the Minister is not due tomorrow. It is actually overdue, and I would like that to be clarified for the record. Thank you.

Question 1388-19(2): Tulita
Oral Questions

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The Deputy Speaker

The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler

Thank you, Member. I'll take that as a statement. Oral questions. Written questions. Member for Deh Cho.

Ronald Bonnetrouge

Ronald Bonnetrouge Deh Cho

Mahsi, Madam Speaker.

Madam Speaker, healthcare in small communities is not serving the needs of small community residents. There are numerous firsthand experiences of repeated misdiagnosis, which can lead to fatal outcomes for patients. The department states that "regular audits are undertaken at each health centre." Can the Minister of Health and Social Services provide:

  1. The results of the audits undertaken at each healthcare centre in the Deh Cho region in the past five years;
  2. The results of any data collected from healthcare centres related to client satisfaction of Indigenous people, specifically in the Deh Cho region;
  3. The prioritized topics of each healthcare centre audit in the Deh Cho region over the last five years; and
  4. Details of how the audits assess misdiagnosis, and the results of what is known about misdiagnosis in the Deh Cho region.

Mahsi.

The Deputy Speaker

The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler

Thank you, Member. Written questions. Returns to written questions. Replies to the Commissioner's address. Petitions. Reports of committees on the review of bills. Member for Kam Lake.

Bill 56: An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation Act
Reports Of Committees On The Review Of Bills

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Caitlin Cleveland

Caitlin Cleveland Kam Lake

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Your committee would like to report on its consideration of Bill 56, An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation Act.

Bill 56 received second reading in the Legislative Assembly on October 20th, 2022 and was referred to the Standing Committee on Social Development for review.

On October 16th, 2022, the standing committee held a public hearing and a clause-by-clause review of the bill with the Minister responsible for the Housing Northwest Territories.

Madam Speaker, the committee reports that Bill 56, An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation Act, is ready for consideration in Committee of the Whole. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Bill 56: An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation Act
Reports Of Committees On The Review Of Bills

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The Deputy Speaker

The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler

Thank you, Member. Bill 56 stands referred to Committee of the Whole.

Reports of committees on the review of bills. Reports of standing and special committees. Tabling of documents. Minister of Justice.

R.J. Simpson

R.J. Simpson Hay River North

Madam Speaker, I wish to table the following document: Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Committee Report 34-19(2): Report on the Review of the 2020-2021 Annual Report of the Ombud. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

The Deputy Speaker

The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler

Thank you, Minister. Tabling of documents. Member for Frame Lake.

Kevin O'Reilly

Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake

Merci, Madame la Presidente. I wish to table the following document: It's a letter dated January 13th, 2023 from the Minister of Lands; the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources; the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment, to myself dated February 16th, 2023. Mahsi, Madam Speaker.

The Deputy Speaker

The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler

Thank you, Member. Tabling of documents. Notices of motion. Motions. Member for Hay River South.

Rocky Simpson

Rocky Simpson Hay River South

I MOVE, seconded by the Honourable Member for Hay River North, that when this House adjourns on Thursday, February 16th, 2023, it shall be adjourned until Monday, February 27th, 2023;

AND FURTHERMORE, that any time prior to February 27th, 2023, if the Speaker is satisfied, after consultation with the Executive and Executive Council and Members of the Legislative Assembly, that the public interest requires that the House should meet at an earlier time during the adjournment or at a time later than the scheduled resumption of the House, the Speaker may give notice and thereupon the House shall meet at the time stated in such notice and shall transact its business as if it had been duly adjourned to that time. Thank you.

The Deputy Speaker

The Deputy Speaker Lesa Semmler

Thank you, Member. The motion is in order. To the motion?