Question 321-19(2): Border Restrictions  The Member is correct. Our Chief Public Health Office and our enforcement and our compliance enforcement are quite busy. Just to put this in perspective, on average, we get 1,106 new calls per week, average follow-up calls on a weekly basis, about 228 calls. Average new emails ar

Question 321-19(2): Border Restrictions  Absolutely. I recognize that there is room for improvement in communication, and that is something that our department is working with Chief Public Health Officer to ensure that the communication, when any of the actions that are being made out of the Chief Public Health Office,

Question 321-19(2): Border Restrictions  I do want to go back a little bit. While that order was written to restrict travel within the territories, which is the power granted by the Chief Public Health Officer under the Public Health Act, we came to realize that the communications and the actions at the border were not

Question 321-19(2): Border Restrictions  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Like I said in my statement, the Office of the Chief Public Health Officer has been working hard, looking at putting together the Emerging Wisely plans, looking at each of the different phases, while in the meantime looking at border restrictions and putti

Minister's Statement 53-19(2): COVID-19 Travel Restrictions  Mr. Speaker, COVID-19 has affected all areas of social and economic activity in the Northwest Territories and around the world. As the pandemic has evolved and jurisdictions have been able to manage its spread, all governments are looking at the public health measures that have b

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. The heating system, the furnace for the Woodland Manor long-term care facility was failing and no longer could be repaired and required replacement. It's anticipated it will be completed in the prior year. It is for the Woodland Manor long-term care.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. The sterilizer room upgrade is for the Hay River Health Center. The funding for the insulation and condensing unit in the sterilizer room, to handle the additional heat load, they are adding air conditioning to the room. There has been a delay in the work

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. The 2020-2021 capital plan is currently under development. Any change to previous amounts will require a form of FMB in Cabinet. There are still some discussions around this scope and the project. We have been in discussions of possibly looking at the numb

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. At this time, I don't know. We can definitely find out and get back. Thank you.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. The community counselling information system is funding for the implementation of a computerized system for the management of mental health and addiction clients. Can I get clarification on what we're comparing it to? Thank you.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. The design is still under way for the 48-bed long-term care facilities in Inuvik and Hay River. However, as a result of continuing rising constructions costs and permafrost challenging soil conditions in Inuvik, the original cost estimates for the projects

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. The design and process is still under tender and, as this is a multi-year project, we are still waiting to work out some of the details on the design. Thank you.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. The design is near completion and it is expected to be tendered this fall. It is a multi-year contract, so the progress is -- sorry, which one is she asking about? The Stanton Legacy? There are two. There is the base building or the building modification.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. The AVENS has indicated that they are expecting to have a decision on the project by early this summer. So we are waiting to hear about a decision from them, but the plan is to sit back down, and we sat back down a couple of months ago, and we went through

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. The project was put on hold by AVENS, as they were pursuing other facility development options on the new AVENS campus that would incorporate all the planned kitchen and laundry facilities, as well.