Glen Abernethy

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Minister Lee.

Thank you, Ms. Meade. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think some of those dates don’t take effect until April. So we’ve had a couple months here where our costs have probably been higher.

I go back to my original question on what are we doing to control the cost of medical travel in the Northwest Territories. We do have a lot of our residents who go down for short appointments. I know there’s always the other circumstance, always the one-of’s, but a lot of our residents go down for short appointments, and now our costs are going up. My question still stands. What is this department doing to help us, with the help of the...

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Next on my list for page 8-21 is Mr. Ramsay.

Okay. We’ll move along to page 8-26, Health and Social Services, activity summary, supplementary health programs, grants and contributions, contributions, $15.747 million.

Is committee agreed that return to page 8-21?

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Lee.

That’s not the answer I expected. I had received information from the Department of Human Resources about medical travel saying that we’re committed to our northern providers, which are Canadian and First Air, that our primary contract for medical travel was actually First Air, and Canadian North was only used when we couldn’t get appropriate flights on First Air. Frankly, I’m totally stunned that we use all the providers. I mean, WestJet and Jazz aren’t northern-owned or operated. That is stunning to me, as a matter of fact.

With respect to what I believe to be true with the fact of medical...

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Ms. Meade.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Just a comment. To Ms. Lee for response.