Bob Bromley

I’m very glad to hear that. I think the Minister has heard me speak numerous times on the important opportunity and key opportunity we have during early years of a life, to really provide the essential support to that person developing to their full potential. I think having qualified people working in our child development system is an important aspect of that.

The other thing I just want confirmation on, the Minister said in his response to general comments that he will consult with various parties involved. I’m wondering if he could just give me a little bit more information on who that...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just had a couple quick questions on the Food First Foundation as well. First one is: have we been contributing to them over the last three years and how much?

Thank you to Mr. Daniels for those remarks. My question is: in the commitment to undertake an Early Childhood Development Program review, will all of those programs -- and I counted something like one, two, three, four, five, six, six or seven programs -- be part of that review?

Mr. Chairman, thanks for the Minister’s remarks. I think the Yellowknives Dene will appreciate that work and will be right there participating.

I just want to say, before I move on, that I am very pleased with about 15 percent increase to the budget for official languages and I want to recognize the Minister for carving out those dollars. I know there are many competing demands, so that extra $1.1 million is going to be an important contribution. I think we need it, obviously, to follow up on the new Languages Strategy.

I just had a quick question on inclusive schooling. We chatted about this...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m afraid that is less than a satisfactory response. I’m sure the federal government is welcome at any of our tables, but here we need to go to their table and do some real work here. So I would have to grade that quite low, Mr. Speaker, and I’m sure the Minister can come up with better.

But I don’t just lay this on the Minister of MACA, Mr. Speaker. Every MLA and especially Cabinet has a role to play, because as the Minister recognizes, this is dealing with the federal government, big daddy out there. I’m wondering what role the Minister sees all of the MLAs and, for...

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Minister Lafferty.

Mr. Speaker, thanks for the Minister’s comments there. Good work has also been done on the development of the recreational leasing framework. Information is being gathered towards a comprehensive understanding of the resource base and the use of the area can bear while maintaining our vital interest in preserving the watershed of Yellowknife for our drinking water supply. The next essential step is an invitation of the general public to contribute its knowledge and suggestions. Will the Minister commit to a full public consultation, keeping in mind the need to allow sufficient time for full...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I’d like to try and continue where I seem to recall I left off some days ago.

I want to just follow up a little bit on the training of our nurses, the Nurse Practitioners Program and the Introduction to Advanced Practice. I’m still looking on some clarity there. I guess the first one is we’ve heard from the Minister of ECE. Does the Department of Health and Social Services also agree that we need to continue to increase our use of nurse practitioners in the Northwest Territories?

The motion is on the floor and the motion is being distributed. Let’s wait until it’s distributed. Motion is on the floor. The Motion has been distributed. To the motion.

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. I believe the Minister did confirm that she was referring to that one, but, Minister Lee, for clarification please.