Question 107-20(1): Health and Safety Promotional Materials  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think that health promotion continuously -- you know, they have health promotion on a lot of different areas. They do have posters. They do have websites. They have online material. I know they do social media campaigns. So if there's specific things tha

Question 107-20(1): Health and Safety Promotional Materials  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Member. The Department of Health and Social Services has the department of health promotion and communication units are constantly creating and updating northern health promotion education material online and physically across the Nort

Question 106-20(1): Pharmacists' Scope of Practice  Yes, Mr. Speaker, I do agree in that, you know, once the legislation, you know, is completed and that is part of the legislation, is being able to work with the Regular Members and being able to hear from the residents of the Northwest Territories, and that includes all the pharm

Question 106-20(1): Pharmacists' Scope of Practice  As I stated in my -- I have committed. I will commit to having those things. There are -- you know, there are -- like the Member said, the pharmacists that are in the regional centres and the capital and having to collaborate and provide services, you know, to also to the health

Question 106-20(1): Pharmacists' Scope of Practice  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And, you know, to the Member, I agree, and that is why I think it's so important that this piece of legislation is also something that we do review, and I believe that when I speak about the right people doing the right thing, and I think the pharmacies ha

Question 106-20(1): Pharmacists' Scope of Practice  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I don't have a level of a detail of what the pharmacists' scope of practice is. You know, I know that we are -- it is a piece of legislation that is on our list for the 20th Assembly to look at, is that, so as to the details I don't have that

Question 103-20(1): Alcohol Strategy Implementation  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, within the action and, you know, if this is something that we will all decide, you know, in this House, operations of and breaking these different areas down. We have to remember that it's not only government that will be providing these servi

Question 103-20(1): Alcohol Strategy Implementation  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there are a number of different things within the next budget that will be attributing to some of the actions within the alcohol strategy. But to break it down to further detail, I'll have to get back to the Member on that. Thank you, Mr. Spea

Question 103-20(1): Alcohol Strategy Implementation  Sorry, Mr. Speaker. I don't have a level of that, the information the Member is question as the pricing or any of that. I'll have to discuss that with the department and get back to the Member.

Question 102-20(1): Accommodations for Medical Travel Clients  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is my understanding that there is interest from both private companies and Indigenous governments to develop plans to meet the NWT's medical travel boarding home needs. We hope for a successful request for proposal for the new Yellowknife-b

Question 102-20(1): Accommodations for Medical Travel Clients  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the contract does have standards for client safety and cleanliness, and they are monitored and discussed with the contractor regularly if there is an issue. Regarding the cleanliness concern, the NTHSSA has followed up with Keskorie Boarding H

Question 102-20(1): Accommodations for Medical Travel Clients  Mr. Speaker, the contract for medical boarding in Yellowknife is currently with the Det'on Cho Corporation, and it's not with any local hotels. It is -- and the contract for them expires in 2024. But part to have that agreement Keskorie is tasked with is contracting alternative c

Question 102-20(1): Accommodations for Medical Travel Clients  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the occupancy at the boarding home here has increased about 50 percent since April 2023. Recently an increased demand on medical travel related to dental is a huge factor. And the Health and Social Services will continue to monitor the increas

Question 100-20(1): Extended Health Benefits  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, under the new policy, eligible residents will be required to contribute up to 4 percent of their net income for their prescription drugs, and the remainder will be covered. For medical supplies and equipment, there will be a cost sharing agree

Question 100-20(1): Extended Health Benefits  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I don't have that detail. Thank you.