David Ramsay

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’ll rephrase the question. Why are we paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in wrongful dismissal suits? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The total project of $11.2 million includes $4.6 million from CATSA and $6.6 million that’s going to be recovered. The $3.4 million is part of the $6.6 million, is it not? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I’d like to advise the Minister that that has happened and is happening at Stanton, and that’s something he should perhaps check on. I’m also going to ask the Minister if he or his department are currently doing anything to address the concerns of the nurses that have been left out of the increases at Stanton. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I’ll pick up where my colleague, Mr. Braden, left off. I’m really concerned, as well, about this $6.6 million and Cabinet’s decision. I would like to know what the rationale was in Cabinet to go forward with this thing under the cost recovery plan without a plan. Here we have a $6.6 million expenditure that Cabinet basically approved through this $3.4 million special warrant with no plan, no consultation and, again, Madam Chair, no public consultation, no public debate on this issue. To me, Madam Chair, this is wrong. I’d like to ask the Minister what was Cabinet’s...

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I’d like to assure the Minister that that is indeed the case at Stanton, where, as I mentioned in my Member’s statement, a lady went back to school, had been an LPN for 20 years and now she’s an RN, and there are LPNs at Stanton earning more than she is as a registered nurse, Mr. Speaker. What steps are being taken to ensure that nurses who are working and getting paid in the specialty areas have the skills, knowledge and abilities to be there, Mr. Speaker? Can the Minister answer that question? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. McLeod.

Could you please repeat the question?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, that is all fine and good. However, I am just wondering at what value the Government of the Northwest Territories places on education and certification of nurses. From what the Minister said, there really is not a value on education and certification. That is how it is done in other jurisdictions, Mr. Speaker. I am just wondering, to the Minister, what value he places on education and certification for nursing professionals. Thank you.