Jane Groenewegen

I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order. We have a couple of items for consideration in Committee of the Whole today. What is the wish of committee? Mr. Menicoche.

What’s the wish of committee? We’re nearing our adjournment time of 6:00. Don’t want to rush through things that you might regret and ask questions about tomorrow. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to talk a little bit today about the concentration of specialized services in Yellowknife, when there are other communities outside of Yellowknife which are large enough and have great enough need to have some capital infrastructure to address some of these things.

In Yellowknife we have Betty House, Bailey House, the new dementia facility, a complex that completely accommodates people who require barrier-free access; a whole complex downtown Yellowknife for people who have physical disabilities who require barrier-free access. We have women’s shelters, we have...

Agreed, thank you. Community health programs, not previously authorized, $2.126 million.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. General comments. Next I have Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is a bit of a thorny subject and I’m very reluctant to bring it up, of course, but in previous governments – a couple of them, at least – the Premier has committed to table, post, make public all travels of Cabinet Ministers. I would like to ask our Premier, the Honourable Bob McLeod, today if he is going to commit to share that same information publicly.

Thank you, Mr. Moses. Mr. Beaulieu.

Thank you. General comments. On the list I have Ms. Bisaro, Mr. Bromley, Mr. Yakeleya. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today we in the North mourn the loss of a long-time friend. Bishop John R. Sperry passed away in Hay River on Saturday, February 11th, at the age of 87.

Bishop Sperry, known to his friends as Jack, was born in eastern England in 1924. He joined the British Royal Navy in 1943 and served until 1946 on the destroyers and escorts, doing convoy duty.

After completing his tour of duty, he immigrated to Canada in 1950, serving parishes in Kugluktuk, then known as Coppermine, and Fort Smith. He served as the diocese bishop of the Arctic for the Anglican Church from 1973 to 1990...