Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. To the motion. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On Monday, February 17, 2014, during oral questions of the House, the Minister of Health and Social Services and the Member for Range Lake entered into a debate on why the GNWT has not given serious consideration for the quiet addiction we all know as prescription drug abuse. I for one have been a champion both in my prior legislative life and today on this being the sleeping giant of our generation.

Many Health Ministers have come and gone. In fact, we have two previous Health Ministers in this Chamber today who were given equal opportunity to do something, yet did...

Thank you, committee. Before we dismiss our witnesses, I think you heard it from the Speaker, but on behalf of Committee of the Whole, Mr. Koe, good luck at the Brier representing Northwest Territories.

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I would like to thank our witnesses, Mr. Aumond, Mr. Koe, Mr. Kalgutkar, and thank you to the Minister. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses out. At this time, committee, we’ll take a short recess.

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Thank you, Mr. Bromley. We will just give the department a second to figure that one out. Minister Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the ability to bring this motion forward. It should be no surprise to the Cabinet or the Premier that I’m doing that. I brought this issue up, and so have many other Members over the years, and I actually brought it up last week in the House.

The program review office has been considered important just as of late, and I’ll get to that in a second. In fact, I just want to backtrack a little bit here. In the Finance Minister’s opening budget address, I went back and looked through every line and not one line in there mentions the words program review office. It...

Ms. Eggenhofer.

Thank you, Mr. Blake. To the motion. Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just a clarification question on the energy contributions under the $1.6 million. I notice in the description it talks about an Energy Plan charrette. Are we planning to have a follow-up or is that a follow-up to what we had before? Thank you.

I’m getting detail. Seeing no general comments, we’ll go into detail. Is that right, committee?

Thank you, Minister Ramsay. Committee, we are on 12-30 to 12-33. I have Ms. Bisaro.