Glen Abernethy

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

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.

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.

Thank you for that. There’s clearly a definition issue here. In the research reading I’ve done, the terminology I’m using being voluntary sector does include NGOs. In most other jurisdictions that use the terminology “volunteer sector,” they’re talking about the more traditional volunteer organizations but also NGOs. For the point of this conversation when I refer to voluntary sector, I’m actually referring to the whole gamut.

I agree with you wholeheartedly that the NGOs that have a relationship with the departments, have to and must maintain that relationship. What we’re talking about is a...

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Minister Roland.

Mr. Premier, if could get you to thank your witnesses for joining us today. Sergeant-at-Arms, if I could please get you to escort the witnesses out, that would be great.

Next on the list would be the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations. Is committee agreed that we proceed with Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations?

Okay. We are moving along to page 4-18, 4-19. Mr. Bromley.