Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Ms. DeLancey.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I’d like to follow up on some questions that were being posed here in the Legislature last week on midwifery. I want to say in my preamble that I was very glad to hear the Minister of Health and Social Services not agreeing with everything that was being suggested about midwifery, and using words like “common sense” and “basically pushing back” a little bit on this theory that midwifery is the panacea of birthing opportunities in the Northwest Territories.

Being from a community where there are currently no resident physicians, certainly the desire of people to...

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. I’m just going to call the page again, and then I have Mr. Bromley. Health and Social Services, operations expenditure, directorate, $8.599 million. Mr. Bromley.

Sorry; I didn’t read that line. Total grants and contributions, $152.568 million.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Minister Beaulieu.

Okay. I’d like to call Committee of the Whole back to order. We left off on page 8-23, health services programs, operations expenditure summary, $198,000. Is that $198,000 or $1.98 million? Sorry; $198.582 million. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This past Friday night I had the pleasure, with my colleague from Hay River North and Minister Ramsay, to present some Queen’s Jubilee celebration medals in Hay River. I’d just like to quickly note some of the folks who received that recognition, and also say that Hay River has many, many wonderful volunteers and wonderful citizens, and we did get a chance to recognize a few.

Pat Bobinski. For the last 40 years, community volunteer, sport builder in cross-country skiing, biathlon and snowshowing, who has been recognized by many as an inspirational coach and mentor to...

Thank you, Ms. DeLancey. Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Beaulieu.