Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question today is for the Minister of Transportation. He made a presentation on the Deh Cho Bridge. I am concerned with the extra costs of the toll to the public of the Northwest Territories. What is the purpose of the toll? Is it meant to be a maintenance fee? Is it meant to be a repayment fee? Thank you.
Robert Bouchard
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Historical Information Robert Bouchard is no longer a member of the Legislative Assembly.
Last in the Legislative Assembly November 2015, as MLA for Hay River North
Lost his last election, in 2015, with 35% of the vote.
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Question 53-17(1): Deh Cho Bridge Toll System December 12th, 2011
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters December 11th, 2011
That’s all for now, thank you very much.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters December 11th, 2011
As far as the assessment of the prepackaged systems that are out there, is that included in these costs of the system?
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters December 11th, 2011
I’m just wondering about this electronic medical recordkeeping system. Are there prepackaged systems out there or are we creating it from scratch? Will we be able to use northern contractors for this service?
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters December 11th, 2011
That’s good to hear. I’ve heard that there are difficulties with sharing information and this system will allow that, of sharing information from the local hospital authority to the territorial Stanton Hospital.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters December 11th, 2011
A follow-up question on that program. So that is the program that’s already out there and we’re just piggybacking with the federal government, or is this something we’re creating on our own?
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters December 11th, 2011
Thank you, Madam Chair. My question is about the territorial electronic medical records system. Can I just get an overview of what that system will entail and how it’s going to be implemented?
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters December 11th, 2011
I guess in closing I don’t have any questions, but I do have concerns with this project. This government has indicated, and discussed it last Assembly as well, that decentralization was an issue and they’re still looking to increase – from what I can tell – more office space in Yellowknife area, which from what I understand doesn’t seem to discuss anything about decentralization and they’re not willing to discuss that at all. I have a problem with the fact that government is getting into where the private sector should be involved. Being a pure businessman, I guess, and now a politician, I have a problem with a lot of this issue. Thank you for your time.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters December 11th, 2011
This government being fairly new, I guess, has the department looked at the new priorities of this government? Namely, decentralization and some of the effects that that would have on office demands in the Yellowknife area.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters December 11th, 2011
So, for my clarification, we never looked into future departments’ needs in the upcoming years. These office spaces that we’re clearing out, potentially may be clearing out, may be filled in by other departments that are squeezed right now.