Bob Bromley

Mr. Chairman, again, it seems a fairly straightforward thing to me. We have regular intakes of Bachelor of Nursing students. We are sending them out to communities. We need to make sure they have the training. I assume, within the deputy minister’s remarks, that will be assured and perhaps I can just get confirmation of that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty, for those comprehensive remarks. Does committee agree that we now go to detail?

Thank you, committee. Returning to page 8-29, Health and Social Services, activity summary, community health programs, operations expenditure summary, $87.631 million. Agreed?

Mr. Chairman, I want to turn quickly to the Introduction to Advanced Practice training at Aurora College. My understanding is that in the past, essentially all of the Bachelor of Nursing students were able to take the Introduction to Advanced Practice courtesy of the two departments’ support. Is that true? Is that continuing? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Next on my list is Mr. Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Minister Lee.

That is the past. I assume that is also the current. What is the planning for the future? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to start off by saying that I’m really happy to see the review of the Early Childhood Development Framework happening. I think there’s quite a considerable amount of new research and insights into this area and the opportunity for gains that can influence our effectiveness in many, many areas. I look forward to that.

Already in this short session so far we’ve passed two motions dealing with education and I hope the Minister has heard those. They were broadly supported and I think in the first area, the Aboriginal student achievement that’s mentioned here under...

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Minister Lee.

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?