Jane Groenewegen
Statements in Debates
Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Beaulieu.
Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Ms. Bisaro, your time is up. We are moving on now to Mr. Moses, please.
Question has been called.
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I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order. The Speaker has indicated the matters before committee today. What is the wish of the committee? Mr. Dolynny.
Thank you, Mr. Moses. Mr. Beaulieu.
Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Beaulieu.
Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Ms. DeLancey.
Okay, there is such a thing as medical tourism, but that’s not what she said. Okay, thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Next I have Ms. Bisaro.
Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. A motion is on the floor. To the motion. Mr. Dolynny.
I’m going to guess that that per diem cost per patient is not a small amount of money, and I also think that there is probably a fair amount of uptake of beds in that facility. When you look at a community the size of Hay River, which is the second largest community in the Northwest Territories, and the number of people that have to come over here and pay out of their pockets causing financial stress, I think that we need to do a cost-benefit analysis of some other form of accommodation for expectant mothers when they come here that is perhaps specific to Hay River or specific to communities...