Jane Groenewegen

Jane Groenewegen
Hay River South

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Debates of , (day 7)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today, as you can see, we are talking about alcohol. I want to talk about alcohol abuse. We don’t talk about it enough. Could it be that we have become acclimatized or desensitized to the presence of alcohol abuse in the North? Maybe we have accepted it as a fact of life in the North and we have just learned to live with it.

Occasionally, we throw up some stats on some of our social indicators compared to other jurisdictions or national averages. Yes, there we are still with some of the worst instances of premature deaths, suicides, motor vehicle...

Debates of , (day 7)

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Yakeleya.

Debates of , (day 7)

Total department, not previously authorized, $13.528 million.

Debates of , (day 7)

Ferries, not previously authorized, $355,000.

Debates of , (day 7)

Agreed. Thank you. Mr. Yakeleya.

Debates of , (day 7)

Thank you, Mr. Roland. We are on page 14, Health and Social Services, operations expenditures, Health Services Program, $10.071 million.

Debates of , (day 7)

Airports, not previously authorized, $165,000.