Glen Abernethy

For the record, you can hear all four of them today as well. When it comes to the child and family services committee, short sights from previous governments are hardly our problem. This is something that’s in the act, it’s something that should have always been there and we need to find a way to make it happen. There are options. Let’s think outside the box.

There are, as you pointed out, already existing committees in other departments. If there are opportunities to have the two departments work together for mutual benefit and provide these services, I think we should explore those options. I...

Thank you, Ms. Meade. Next on my list is Mr. Hawkins.

Mr. Chairman, that is good to know. I am happy to hear that there is still some work being done on that. I understand that it will likely need policy change and, as a result of the decision to rescind, I know that you are not planning any policy change now. But this is obviously something that is important, and anything the department can be doing with its partners -- maybe ITI as an example -- to work with employers to find reasonable ways or reasonable mechanisms by which they can provide insurance to their workers where they don’t currently.

I know the chamber offers things and whatnot that...

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I seek unanimous consent to go back to page 8-25 for a short, quick question.

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. More of a comment but I’ll go to the Minister for the question.

Mr. Speaker, I was wondering if the Minister could give me a sense of over the last two or three years, how many northern graduates have actually gone into community health centres through grad placement. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Ms. Meade.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are for the Minister of Health and Social Services and are in follow-up to the questions my colleague Mr. Ramsay asked earlier. Mr. Speaker, the Grad Nurse Placement Program was intended to offer all northern graduates an offer of employment in the Northwest Territories. It did not guarantee that those nurse graduates would be offered a job at Stanton. I think when the original promise was made by the Premier of the day, the intent was that we would be able to fill some of our community positions where the need truly lies. Unfortunately, you will...

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Next on my list is Mr. Beaulieu.