Bob Bromley

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Monday, February 23, 2015, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Sahtu, that the Legislative Assembly strongly recommends that the Department of Health and Social Services clarify procedures for Stanton Territorial Hospital employees to follow when violent incidents occur, including procedures expressly for the use of physical restraint in these cases;

And further, that the Department of Health and Social Services direct Stanton Territorial Hospital management to hire security personnel with...

The Minister’s response is much appreciated. Absent extension of the moratorium to the valuable lands mentioned that are under ever-increasing pressure, both by the seekers and legitimate leases and squatters, what mechanism does the Minister propose to give the public some say in identifying those lands that should be preserved for the use of all versus those to be leased for private use in the areas where there are not moratorium? Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to follow up with questions from my Member’s statement to the Minister of Lands, and I appreciate the Minister’s consultation with our public as part of the process to craft a recreational land management plan. I’m sure that plan will be much better because of this discussion.

Can I ask the Minister, can he say when the consultations will be complete and how long will it take to put together the draft plan for public review after that? Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Again, this is part of the budgeting process I don’t always understand. We got the supplement in ’13-14. I don’t think we told people no in ’14-15 this year. So, I assume that if it’s going to be $19 million, it will be coming out of some other budget. So any comments on that would be appreciated.

Just for efficiency I’ll throw in one more here. The Minister knows we’ve been working since the first day of the 16th Assembly on increasing the efficiency of medical travel costs. The stat was 50 percent of medical travel patients were on the streets an hour after they arrived...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a follow-up. We know that seniors are increasing. I know that the Minister has the stats, 6 percent or something. We know that the costs are going to be there. I think that’s typically how the departments adjust their budgets when we know that those costs are going to be there. Why wouldn’t you do that in this case?

I was wondering about the frequency of incidents in the unit.

Thanks to the Minister for that response. The other aspect of that was when. Just an alert to these people on when you might be approaching them so that they can do the prep necessary.

I guess related to that, I know there’s a midwifery program in Calgary. I know of a student there that’s from the NWT, although she moved south. Are we all over that campus, whatever it is, with the opportunities in the North to capture the opportunities to hire those graduates?

It has come to my attention that Weledeh resident Mr. Kevin Hynes is in the gallery today, president of the Yellowknife Association of Firefighters. I’d like to welcome him here.

Page 149, Department of Finance, active position summary. Questions? Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize a resident of Weledeh, Tracy St-Denis.