Bob McLeod

Yes, I would, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We will certainly do that. Also, we will provide the rationale that we have with regards to activity. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I believe that when the government, I believe it was the 16th Assembly, looked at changing seniors' health benefits, it was determined at that time…There was quite a hard look at Metis health benefits and non-insured health benefits for status and treaty Indians. This is something that we've been cognizant of for some time. I believe the Department of Health keeps a running record of every cent that's spent on Metis health benefits. The Department of Justice watches all of these cases very closely. At the appropriate time we will put forward our case, as we have done in...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm pleased to recognize a constituent of Yellowknife South, Gayla Thunstrom. I think I got it right today. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That was established during the mandate-setting exercise that we all went through, where the legislation would be developed over two years of time. There are still some outstanding direction that we need to seek. We expect we will do that at Caucus retreat. Essentially, it is what kind of ombudsman does this Legislative Assembly want? Do we want a full-bore one, or do we want one that will assume some of the officers of this Legislative Assembly's responsibilities, such as human rights and associated other responsibilities and roll it into ombudsman? We just need some...

Of course, Mr. Chair.

One of my rules is don't agree to something you don't know what the value is, so we'll wait for the proposal.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, the funding is still there.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. We've been elected for four years, and we're now six months into our term. One of my former colleagues would have translated that into days. Three and a half months, I'm not sure how many days, but I think we're going to get there. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. They were not affected. Those three positions were transferred into a separate division, in Executive called priorities and planning and the other one is a board secretariat for PUB.