Question 449-15(4): Standards For Emergency Medical Services In The Nwt  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in my Member's statement I spoke of a little girl in Inuvik that almost lost her finger. That plus a few other incidents have the residents of Inuvik concerned with the ambulance service there. So my questions today I will direct to Mr. Mil

Item 5: Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to recognize a constituent of mine, Ms. Glenna Hansen. Thank you. ---Applause

Emergency Transportation Services In The Nwt  A lady from Inuvik recently had to take a cab from the airport to the boarding home and had something go wrong on the way to the boarding home. The cab driver was untrained and unable to do anything for her. He passed her by, he had to pick her up and bring her to the hospital.

Emergency Transportation Services In The Nwt  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, providing for the health and safety of our northern residents, especially our elders, has to be this government's first priority. That is why today, Mr. Speaker, I would like to speak to on-the-ground transportation services. There have be

Question 430-15(4): Involvement Of Northerners In The Novel Housing Project  That leads into my third question, is having the people identified. I'd like to ask the Minister, after the trailers have been used as workforce housing, who then would be responsible for overseeing the conversion into residential homes? Who would be responsible to oversee it?

Question 430-15(4): Involvement Of Northerners In The Novel Housing Project  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The human resource part of this project is something that we're probably going to have to get on with right away because it's going to take four years to have these guys as qualified tradesmen. That would be my second question, is who would monitor their

Question 430-15(4): Involvement Of Northerners In The Novel Housing Project  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in my Member's statement I spoke to the training aspect of the Novel project and I think it's something that I have a great deal of concern with, and I'd like to ask the Minister of Housing a few questions. I'd like to know from the Minister

Involvement Of Northerners In The Novel Housing Project  We need to know that our qualified workforce will be responsible for the conversion, and not some company from the South. Mr. Speaker, even though we don't all agree on the Novel project, some may support the project if it makes good business sense and northerners benefit from t

Involvement Of Northerners In The Novel Housing Project  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I thought I'd put on my rubber boots and wade into the Novel debate. ---Laughter You know, we've heard the argument from all angles; concerns that the government's being used as a lobby group, to the Members saying that these homes ar

Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. During the pre-budget consultations in the communities we heard that more funding should be directed to the local justice committees. During the business plan review in September, the Standing Committee on Social Programs was concerned that funding to com

Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This professional development, recruitment and retention, human resources, $2 million. I'm just curious, Mr. Minister, a lot of the recruitment, in my understanding, has gone over to human resources. I see a line here for $2 million into recruitment and

Question 429-15(4): Compensation For Long-term Northern Nurses  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am glad to hear we have 20 to 24 graduating in May. My hope is that these 20 to 24 don't move south and get hired on as agency nurses, because it's more rewarding for them financially. I would like to know if the Minister would commit to working or has

Question 429-15(4): Compensation For Long-term Northern Nurses  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We do put a lot of money into training and everything, but my bottom line is to compensate these long-term nurses financially. Like I said before, all their cost of living and everything else is a lot higher up here. A lot of these nurses are agency nur

Question 429-15(4): Compensation For Long-term Northern Nurses  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions today are for the Minister of Health and Social Services and it's a question he's probably heard quite a few times before and it's a question that's going to continue to be asked. That's with regard to long-term nurses. We conti

Compensation For Long-term Northern Nurses  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, providing quality health care and supplying health care workers should be a priority of this government. We train northerners to become nurses to staff our hospitals, yet we have to continue to bring up nurses from the South. I understand, Mr