Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that this committee strongly recommends that the funding identified for the territorial midwifery clinical coordinator position be re-profiled and directed towards community program delivery initiatives.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The devastating deadly crash last week just north of Fort Providence has, clearly, troubled many residents of the Northwest Territories. Such accidents, although rare, open the debate about how our government emergency systems work in remote parts of our highway network. One only has to stop and ask, what if that was my wife or kids or neighbour. Even the Minister of Transportation indicated today we all have a role to play. Does our government have the proper rescue and medical support framework to act accordingly? I believe the answer to this question is maybe.

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Thank you, Mr. Moses. Last on my list I have Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Ms. DeLancey. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Ms. DeLancey. Mr. Moses.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Minister Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. For that we’ll go to Ms. Mathison.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. For that we’ll go to Minister Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m still concerned and confused. We’ve heard the voice of reason of the people. We should treat these as ladders of opportunity to make meaningful changes, especially with what we’ve heard on medical travel from our residents. We’ve heard that the Minister is a great proponent of common-sense approach policies so I’m going to ask the Minister: Will we have a common-sense approach to this policy, in terms of using what we know from the residents and applying those today, so that we have meaningful changes to our Medical Travel Policy at this juncture within the life of...

Thank you, I appreciate the Minister’s response, but I’m referring to the budget dialogue, the voices of the people. More importantly, what opportunities for efficiencies in medical travel services has the Department of Health and Social Services identified as a result of such talks with residents, and are these recommendations in action today or are they coming soon? Thank you.