Daryl Dolynny

Good afternoon, committee. I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order. We have two items for consideration, committee: Tabled Document 4-17(5) and Tabled Document 22-17(5). What is the wish of the committee? Madam Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Stewart.

Sugar is an addiction of sorts, and like all addictions, one needs to understand the root cause of its abuse.

Can the Minister indicate what he’s doing to deal with the root cause of more affordable, healthy eating choices in all communities and specifically what is he doing with daily sugar consumption for our residents? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Moving on with general comments, I have Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Earlier today I spoke of some alarming statistics involving our daily intake of sugar and some of the national guidelines that will be forthcoming from the National Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.

People, more than ever, are naturally hardwired to sugar and some have even coined sugar as a new tobacco of our generation. In the wake of the NWT’s successful Drop the Pop campaign, now, more than ever, the premise of an awareness campaign dedicated to sugar is highly warranted.

My questions will be for today’s Sugar Daddy, the Minister of Health and Social Services.

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Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Moving on with general questions, I have Mr. Moses.

Thank you, committee. We will skip section 3.7 in your main estimates book as we conclude items for consideration in the future. With that, I’ll ask you to turn to page 3-8, information item, infrastructure investment summery. Any questions?

Thank you, Ms. Bassi-Kellett. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Premier McLeod.

Thank you, Ms. Bassi-Kellett. Mr. Bouchard.