Daryl Dolynny

Thank you. Now, these communication protocols, I would assume, would involve contacting a cascade, a number or an algorithm of community support networks from territorial to federal and potentially government leaders. How is this communication protocol accessed? Is this something that is published? Thank you.

No further questions but I would like to report progress.

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Thank you, Madam Chair. I’m still not getting enough level of comfort knowing that we do not have a formalized system of communication with our federal counterpart. Running across the street isn’t, in my mind, the most effective way of dealing with a natural disaster should it occur in our communities.

Given this information, is there any opportunity that the department sees this as being an opportunity to enhance the current so-called lack of model that we have and will this become a priority for this department in this fiscal year? Thank you.

I’m looking forward to seeing the results and statistics to validate the significant improvement that we’re hearing from the Minister. We’ll find out at year-end whether or not that is entirely accurate. What I heard from the Minister today is that we’ve got plans in place. It sounds like they’ve hired a personnel officer to oversee some of the changes that are imminent in that department. Yet I didn’t hear about any new safety program initiatives to make the workplace safer. Can the Minister elaborate what safety programs the department is involved with to make the workplace a safer place?

Madam Chair, is there any type of study or working group on this so-called preparedness of a real-time database?

Madam Chair, I have no further questions.

Thank you, Madam Chair. As I indicated in my general comments, I’ve been asking the Minister and his department, numerous times in the last 16 or 17 months of being a Member of this Assembly, on areas of hazard and fire assessments, emergency action plans and how we are moving along in trying to make our communities much more safe and probably more integrated into a real-time database.

First of all, the information we have right now with respect to emergency action plans, is this available in real time? Is this something available that if phone numbers change, it is systematically updated...

Madam Chair, I appreciate the Minister going into detail on that here. The Minister, myself, and members of Justice were at the policing symposium, I believe in 2012. I appreciate the Minister having members accompany him with opportunities like that. One of the things that was discovered during the presentations was the State of Alaska has very similar situations that we have, in terms of communities that do not have state troopers, whereas we also have a lot of communities that do not have RCMP presence. They use a body called a village public safety officer, or VPSO.

I know, in discussing...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. According to the Long John Jamboree website, in exactly seven days, 21 hours, 24 minutes and 46 seconds, Yellowknife will enjoy and host our 2nd Annual Long John Jamboree on the ice of the Great Slave Lake in Yellowknife Bay.

My praise and admiration goes out to the many organizers and volunteers that are working feverishly behind the scenes in preparation for one of the “Gotta Go!” winter festivals in Canada.

The organizers for this year are promising even more great events and activities both on and off the ice. We’ve been promised the return of the kids’ tent, music...

I appreciate the Minister’s commitment to looking at these. I’m not expecting a piece of equipment on the ground. I’m not expecting that we go out and hire and train someone to be at post. I believe that if the department, in their infinite wisdom and all the tools and resources at their fingertips, can come up with temporary solutions until such time as we do have a formal process for ground ambulance safety. Will the department and the Minister commit to temporary solutions during this interim phase?