Michael Miltenberger

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There are no new treatment facilities in the capital plan in the foreseeable future for Health and Social Services. There are many other projects, but there are no new plans for imminent treatment centres.

As I indicated, there is some work being done, and I do thank the Member for all the work that he did pull together. Of equal importance, I believe, and I know that there are very many capable people that I know who are dealing with autism with family members, that I think of equal value would be to find out what kind of supports could be put in place within the resources available to assist them. I know that over the years they’ve done an incredible amount of good work. Just on their own, often with little or no support from government, and they’ve amassed a very, very valuable amount of...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My information is that we targeted the 12th. As of August 15th, elective surgeries are being performed at Stanton. Thank you.

I meet regularly with the Health and Social Services staff, the deputy and senior officials, so I will commit to have that item placed on the agenda so we can, in fact, have that discussion. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A two-part answer, I would suggest. There’s homelessness within Yellowknife, where you have a lot of agencies and a lot of resources, and then there’s the homelessness services outside of Yellowknife, which are coordinated and managed by the government and the various departments within government. There is a Homelessness Coalition in Yellowknife that we’re part of and has a primary responsibility. We also look internally, monitoring and organizing those services. One of the things that existed in the 15th Assembly that may be worth considering again was that there was...

We’re doing a number of things, as I’ve indicated publicly and to the Members. We have current discussions going on right now with the federal Finance in terms of borrowing limits. We are also looking actively at other pots of government money that may be there, federal government money such as a P3 funding, to look at some other projects that may apply under that particular fund. Of course, the other area that would possibly bring more money into the government coffers is the revenue side. We haven’t looked at that specifically, but there is going to be a need to look not only at the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I indicated in my statement, the capital plan for this current year is well underway. Next year, as we have all agreed to, for the consideration of the 17th Assembly we have set a target of $75 million. With that very modest sum coming down from $1.1 billion over the last three years, the capital plan will be pretty well consumed by many of the existing multi-year projects. It will be up to the new Legislature to look at what opportunities are there to try to meet additional infrastructure needs.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have with me Lisa Cardinal, director of policy, planning and evaluation, and Mr. Mark Aitken from the Department of Justice. Thank you.

As a matter of course, the Government of the Northwest Territories traditionally travels on the high road. This case is no different. I will discuss the issue with the deputy and officials and make sure, I’ll confirm for my own satisfaction whether or not we’re in conflict.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am here today to present Bill 20, Vital Statistics Act.

Mr. Chairman, the current legislation evolved from the Vital Statistics Ordinance that was enacted in January 1927. There have only been minor amendments to this act over the years and, as a result, the administrative processes are extremely outdated and do not reflect best practices. The registration procedures in this proposed act will make the process to register an event more efficient and easier for the public and will also remove the provisions in the existing act that are discriminatory.

The bill addresses...