Glen Abernethy

Mr. Speaker, I know that HR delivers the programs on behalf of Health and Social Services, who actually administers or actually holds the budget for health recruitment and retention. My question was pretty specific. I want to know what the Department of Health is doing, even if they are doing it through the Department of HR, but what is the Department of Health and Social Services doing to facilitate the placement of northern nurse graduates into community health centres throughout the Northwest Territories? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to return to item 7 on orders of the day.

---Unanimous consent granted

Mr. Yakeleya. Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. For just a point of clarity, this question, this example that I gave was about prevention and promotion. The response that she gave me when she quoted section 7, if you actually look at their response, their response only refers to sections 2, 5 and 6 and there’s no reference to section 7. I think she’s talking about a completely different area than I am.

The other thing I want to point out with respect to that example is after they say it’s implicit in the act, they also go further to say basically no amendment is required so no action is required. So they’re not...

Mr. Chairman, I am not going to ask any more questions on child and family services. You are probably happy to hear that.

This section of your department, community health programs, one of the areas that you provide grants and contributions to are non-government organizations. A lot of what the department is affording in respect to counselling and addictions and stuff like that is done through NGOs in the voluntary sector. They are a very responsive group. They can do an awful lot. They can often go a little further with the money they provide them. We could, if we delivered programs and...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee has been considering Tabled Document 133-16(5), Northwest Territories Main Estimates, 2011-2012, and would like to report progress. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Health and Social Services and relate to the response that the Minister released on Monday on the Standing Committee on Social Programs Report on the Child and Family Services Act.

The recommendations within the report needed to be considered in the context of the entire report. There was a lot of information in the report that helped us form the recommendations we had.

Unfortunately, when I’m reading through the responses and the information and action items, I don’t always get the sense or feel that the context of the report was...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just want to start off where I left off during my last round of questioning.

In discussion with the Minister, the fourth point that we have with respect to the child and family services is that we feel that recommendation 39 should also be implemented or at least begin implementation of recommendation 39 during the 2011-12 fiscal year. Once again, we don’t feel that a recommendation indicates or asks the department to make updating the policy and standards manual a priority, but assign staff to lead and manage the project and to complete it within a reasonable time...

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Ms. Meade.