Michael McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, again today, I want to commend the group for signing the AIP.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have a multi-barrier approach to treatment of water. It is tested in a number of different ways. Our water plant operators are expected to be in the facility on a daily basis. The Health people test water I think on a monthly basis. The source of the water is also tested by ENR on an annual basis. So there are a number of different tests that happen throughout. There are also tests that happen within some of the households to ensure that the water that is in the tanks in some cases is safe. So there are a number of different schedules that are out there. At...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the responsibility for drinking water falls across a number of different government departments. ENR, or Environment and Natural Resources, is responsible for the location and the source of drinking water and ensuring the water is clean. Public Works has the responsibility of ensuring the water plants are run properly and infrastructure is in place. The Department of Health is responsible for testing the water and MACA plays a role also working with the communities to ensure all this works in a good, safe fashion. One of the things we do is the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’ll repeat once again, the medical leave form usually has a date of return from the doctor. So in his opinion, that’s when the employee can return to work and perform their duties. In my opinion, that sometimes questions the integrity of the doctors by asking for a prognosis on top of the medical leave form they’ve already given to the employer. I’d like to ask the Minister if the NWT Medical Association was consulted in any way on this particular policy. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The doctor's leave form says an employee can’t be at work for a week. Is that not sufficient enough? Does this apply to all employees who have received a medical leave form or just a select few? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to take this opportunity to recognize my wife, Judy, who’s down here on annual leave to come and watch us in the Assembly. I’d also like to recognize -- they were in the gallery just a couple of minutes ago -- two constituents of mine: Elijah and Mabel Allen, who were down also for, I think, graduation ceremonies taking place tomorrow and they thought they’d take in some of the Assembly. Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yesterday, the Premier mentioned there was an AIP reached between the government, the Inuvialuit, Metis, Sahtu and Gwich’in on a devolution and resource revenue sharing position. I would like to commend these groups for doing what’s best for the Northwest Territories.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The committee held public meetings on Bill 2, An Act to Amend the Condominium Act, in Yellowknife on April 19th and 20th, and on May 8th in Tuktoyaktuk, and Inuvik on April 23rd, in Ulukhaktok on April 24th, in Colville Lake on April 25th, and in Behchoko on April 26th, 2007. The committee would like to thank the Minister and one presenter for appearing before the committee.

The proposed amendments will provide protection for consumers, provide direction to condo corporations on governance and financial planning, as well as broadening the scope of options available to...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to ask the Minister if there was a particular reason this policy was brought forward. Were they having problems with employees taking advantage of medical leave forms? Is that why this policy was brought forward? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in my Member’s statement yesterday I spoke to the practice of asking employees to sometimes provide a medical prognosis from a doctor when they get a medical leave form. Twenty-four hours later my opinion hasn’t changed. I still think it’s unfair. Mr. Speaker, my questions today are for the Minister of Human Resources, Mr. Dent. I’d like to ask the Minister if there’s a policy in place that requires employees to have a prognosis if they’re getting a medical leave form from a doctor. Thank you.