Glen Abernethy

Is committee agreed that we’ve concluded consideration of Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2010-2011?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I agree with everything that the Member is saying. We have to look at the system as a whole. I think that’s where I started my whole statement from. What I’m suggesting now is that it’s important when you’re looking at the NP and IAP as one program that you don’t think of them just as one program. They are two different programs and they need to be considered that way. Ultimately I support the Nurse Practitioner Program and don’t want to see it go anywhere. My question to the Minister was: will she look at the IAP as part of the whole, but also as an independent...

Ms. Lee, if I could get you to please thank your staff and, Sergeant-at-Arms, if could please get you to escort the witnesses out of the Chamber.

Next step is to go to the Department of Justice. Once the witnesses have left the chamber I’ll go to the Minister for some opening remarks. Mr. Lafferty.

Is committee agreed that we’ve concluded consideration of Supplementary Estimates, No. 5, 2010-2011?

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. No question but a comment. I’ll go to the Minister for a response or comment.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Mr. Heide.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Just a comment. Page 5, supplementary estimates, Finance, operations expenditures, deputy minister’s office, not previously authorized, $1.17 million.

Committee, let’s move back to page 1, summary of appropriations, operations expenditure appropriation, $8.437 million.

Thanks to the Minister for that. My question was a little bit more focused on the current class. Right now if we’re going to evaluate the Nurse Practitioner Program and the end result is that the northern nurses don’t want to work in the Northwest Territories, I question the value of the program at all. If it turns out that the northern nurses do want to practise as nurse practitioners in the Northwest Territories but we’re not offering them employment, that doesn’t mean the program is a failure, it means we haven’t done our job of helping them transition in.

I talked to one of the nurse...

We will defer further consideration of the Department of Health and Social Services. What is the wish of committee? Mrs. Groenewegen.