Kevin O'Reilly

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I noted in the Minister's opening remarks that the Stanton Territorial Hospital Renewal Project is on budget. Can you confirm for me that the schedule's still in place, on time, and so on? I know I asked this yesterday of the Minister of Health, but I think he was bringing forward a budget for long-term care related to Stanton, and this time I just want to know if the renewal project itself is still on time? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Sorry, Mr. Chair, I didn't have my earphone in, so I couldn't actually hear the response. If the Minister wouldn't mind telling me again? I've got my earphone on this time. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I think the Minister's misrepresenting what I was saying. I'm not talking about making COR certification a requirement for WSCC programs and so on. What I'm saying is that those small businesses that have actually entered into it voluntarily don't seem to get any recognition through WSCC in terms of having voluntarily adopted this and the extra costs that it brings on.

So once again, can the Minister commit to look at the Safe Advantage program and find ways to allow for those small businesses that have voluntarily entered into COR, that they receive some sort of financial...

I appreciate the response from the Minister, but what seems to be driving the bus here is reducing premiums rather than safety. So I'll again ask the Minister whether a firm is large or small, these safety programs have a cost. When small firms have to take on these programs, that's probably proportionately a greater cost. So does the Minister not agree that small employers face proportionately equal or even greater costs for safety programs and will he consider eliminating the premium threshold for refund eligibility under the Safe Advantage program?

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the response from the Minister. So just in case anybody comes away with the wrong impression, I strongly support these changes to the Vital Statistics Act, and I appreciate the efforts of the Minister and his staff to do this. I just want to make sure that we're going to be able to do it in terms of the official names as well. I'm a very strong advocate for Aboriginal languages, all official languages, and I do appreciate the work of the department and look forward to having this sorted out soon. Thanks.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. In the end, that's the sort of incentive that we need, COR certification and some sort of off-setting of fees through the WSCC. But safety does have a cost, and a premium refund to businesses who set up COR, no matter what the size, would be a good inducement. I urge all the Ministers to develop a coordinated approach to promote safety in the workplaces for small business. I'll have questions later today for the Minister responsible for WSCC. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Yes, I think we're getting to the bottom of this. So we don’t have the ability now to issue a birth certificate with the official names on it if they include non-Roman orthography fonts? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So I'm just curious, do we now have the ability then to use non-Roman Orthography fonts on birth certificates to indicate the official place names of communities? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I support the self-determination of individuals in terms of their gender identity and I was pleased to hear that the Minister has agreed to be more flexible on that matter when it comes to the actual regulation, so I'm glad to hear that and I understand you'll come back, look for other information, perhaps options, position on how to handle that in the case of minors. So we look forward to getting that information from the Minister. I have one other issue though with regard to this bill. I'm just wondering how the issue of place names on birth certificates are going to be...

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that response; good to hear that. But because we're sort of forwarding money here, and I guess this is in response to work that's already been done and invoices or whatever that have been submitted by contractors, are we actually ahead of schedule? Is that where we're at? Thank you, Mr. Chair.