First reading of bills. Second reading of bills. Consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters, Tabled Document 448-20(1), with the Member from the Sahtu in the chair.
Debates of Feb. 6th, 2026
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Bill 41: Ac Act to Amend the Real Estate Agents Licensing Act
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The Chair Daniel McNeely
Members, I will proceed in calling the committee to order. I now call the Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wishes of committee? To the Member Inuvik Boot Lake.
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Denny Rodgers Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the committee wishes to consider Tabled Document 448-20(1), 2026-2027 Main Estimates, Department of Health and Social Services. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Daniel McNeely
Thank you. Committee, we will proceed with the first item on the Department of Health and Social Services today. And if we can move -- first of all, committee, we have agreed to consider Tabled Document 448-20(1), 2026-2027 Main Estimates. We will now consider the Department of Health and Social Services. Does the Minister of Health and Social Services wish to bring witnesses into the House?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Daniel McNeely
Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses into the chamber.
Would the Minister please introduce her witnesses.
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Lesa Semmler Inuvik Twin Lakes
Thank you, Mr. Chair. To my left I have the deputy minister Mr. Alan Doody. And to my right, I have assistant deputy minister Jeannie Mathison.
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The Chair Daniel McNeely
Thank you, Minister. The committee has agreed to forego general comments. Does the committee agree to proceed to the detail contained in the tabled documents?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Daniel McNeely
Thank you, committee. Committee, we will defer the department summary and review the estimates by activity summary beginning with administration and support services starting on page 197. So let's proceed to page 197, with information items on pages 199 and 200. Are there any questions?
Okay, thank you. Member of Great Slave.
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Kate Reid Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I am always interested in the electronic medical record project. I have some questions about that today. Can the Minister share what the timeline for implementation of the new electronic record system looks like, broadly speaking, as in when can -- where are we now and when can residents expect to have a new system in place. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Lesa Semmler Inuvik Twin Lakes
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll turn that over to deputy minister Mr. Doody.
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Alan Doody
Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. And thank you very much for the question. So we are currently completed the requirements portion of the project development, and we'll have to go to RFP sometime here shortly in the next coming months. And once we're through the RFP process, we'll be able to communicate a more finite timeline for the implementation of a new system.
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Kate Reid Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chair. So what I am hearing, then, is that there is no definitive timeline for the RFP. It's kind of coming up but we're not certain; is that correct, Mr. Chair? Thank you.
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Lesa Semmler Inuvik Twin Lakes
Yes, that's correct. I believe the last update that we had was that it would be, I think within this next couple of months that it would be ready to go out for RFP. Thank you.
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Lesa Semmler Inuvik Twin Lakes
Thank you, Mr. Chair. And so the scope of this project, I believe, is quite extensive and daunting, and I would assume that there are few suppliers who could possibly meet the entire contents of that RFP. Does the Department or the Minister have a contemplation of how long it may take to find a successful applicant? Are there companies that they've identified that probably have the capabilities to do this work? Thank you, Mr. Chair.