Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you. Mr. Bromley.

Agreed. Thank you. We’ll go to item 10, which is the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, appropriation authority required, $89.897 million.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. The honourable Minister responsible for Justice, Mr. Abernethy.

Agreed. Thank you. I’ll ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to please escort the witnesses to the witness table.

Thank you. I’d like to ask Minister Miltenberger to introduce his witnesses for the record, please.

Human Resources, item 3, appropriation authority required, $13.139 million. Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. I’d like to ask the Minister if he would like to bring witnesses into the House.

Public Works and Services, item 7, appropriation authority required, $24.001 million.

This is 2012. This is the day and age of modern communications and quick communications. It is hard to believe that we as a medical system cannot come up with a better communication system from one health authority, one medical institution to another that could allow this to be done. This is this organization at its worst. This is a subject that has been brought to me on more than one occasion by many constituents. We have to come to Yellowknife. If you want to have a baby, come to Yellowknife. If you want to have surgery, come to Yellowknife. Well then, let’s find ways as a government to make...

Thank you. I’m just anxious to dive in on this topic of locums and resident physicians, but that’s not my question today. My question is to the Minister of Health and Social Services.

We have excessive and rising costs in delivering health and social services programs to the residents of the Northwest Territories. Over a number of years I have raised this concern: If I’m a resident of Hay River and I’m having surgery at Stanton Territorial Hospital on Monday morning, I must have the pre-op work done on Friday, which means that someone has to come here on Friday, get their pre-op lab work done...