Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Just a really quick question. There's a number of school projects on the books here which is wonderful, and I'm just wondering if the Minister can expand on conversations that were happening around the policy where new school builds would have da

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Madam Chair, and thank you to the deputy minister and the Minister for that. I think that one of the interesting -- and sorry. I'm not going to use the word "interesting". I think a very powerful tool for Northerners would be to know how much money is staying

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. So my question was can the Minister tell me what percent of the work is performed my NWT residents from the Infrastructure Acquisition Plan. Thank you.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Absolutely, Madam Chair. Thank you very much, and thank you to the Minister for directing it back to me. I'm wondering of, for example, the $145 million that went to BIP companies or went out the door from infrastructure, if infrastructure tracks what percentage of the work is c

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. And I appreciate that from the Minister. I think it would be a very powerful tool to be able to actively work to keep money in the Northwest Territories and work to fill those niches. I'm wondering if Infrastructure tracks the percent of the workforce wor

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, what I was wondering is whether or not the Department of Infrastructure works with ITI or BDIC to fill industry niches within the Northwest Territories. So for example, if we are constantly going out of territory for one specific ty

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, one of the things that I think is really interesting with data collection is we have an opportunity to see what niches aren't being fulfilled within our industries in the Northwest Territories. And so I'm wondering if infrastructure plays an a

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I will apologize to the people sitting behind me as I have my back to them. And thank you to my colleagues for all of their questions. My questions are more in line of maintaining benefit to the people of the Northwest Territories. That being sa

Oral Question 802-19(2): Nursing Bonuses  Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you to the Minister for that. I've not heard of a single union that's negotiated for less money for any of their membership so I'm sure the union would welcome that conversation. I'm wondering if the Minister knows when that conversation might oc

Oral Question 802-19(2): Nursing Bonuses  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, one of the things that's even more powerful than a great photo and a great newspaper or a magazine is the words of mouth of somebody that you trust. And acknowledging this, in 1999 the Government of the Northwest Territories and the

Oral Question 802-19(2): Nursing Bonuses  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, and I will acknowledge that the Department of Health was waiting Alberta's doors when Alberta started laying off nurses and that is appreciated. My second question is what are the recruitment and retention initiatives that the Department of Fina

Oral Question 802-19(2): Nursing Bonuses  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Minister of Finance. As part of this Assembly's priority, a dedicated Health and Social Services recruitment team was established. How is the GNWT measuring the success of this newly implemented team. Thank y

Nursing at Stanton Territorial Hospital  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, to identify where we need to go, we need to be honest about where we are. I acknowledge that this can be hard to hear, but high-stress shift work GNWT environments have systemically struggled before with workplace morale, safety, and employee

Oral Question 800-19(2): Obstetrical Care Costs  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I see this as an opportunity to create a more equitable birth path in the Northwest Territories. I see this as a voice being lent to the right for people to deliver children in a safe space close to home, close to the community that they reside i

Oral Question 800-19(2): Obstetrical Care Costs  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate that this is the norm for medical travel, but most medical travel patients aren't travelling for three plus weeks and expected to foot the unexpected bill of thousands of dollars in hotel costs. What I will also say is