Michael Miltenberger

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we’ll ensure that the meat does not go to waste and, as I indicated, the officers will be very sensitive to the fact that we’ve changed the rules of hunting game here and we will work with that perspective in mind. Thank you.

I thank the Member for his interest, but not at this time. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That commitment was made to the leadership at lunch today. I’ve indicated here in this House on the record that that is the case and that particular commitment will as well be included in the letter that I will be signing off and giving to the chief and the Metis president for them to take back to the community tonight. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would say that we had a good meeting at lunch with the chief and the Metis president and some councillors and the Member himself. We’ve agreed to a number of steps. We had a good meeting where we came to an agreement. It’s a difficult, sensitive issue. There’s a letter being drafted that I’m going to sign off that’s going to be given to the chief and the Metis president so that they can, when they return home tonight to their communities, they can let the people know in fact what has transpired. At this point, Mr. Speaker, without making this more...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. What we are doing is we’re doing a comprehensive review, as I have indicated in this House, on the whole issue of ambulance services, and that document is going to Cabinet here in the next few weeks then at which point we’ll be looking for feedback from the Members. We’re interested in trying to look at rationalizing and improving the service and better coordinating it to deal with issues like liabilities, standards, training, so that as northerners we have a common sense and understanding of what can be expected in communities in this particular area. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m not familiar with the particulars of the case, but as we raise these questions in the House, my staff up in the office is making notes and will be following up on the particulars so that I can address those issues with the Member. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we shared with the Members the nine pages of interim measures that laid out in great detail the consultation that we have undertaken with the co-management boards up and down the valley. We’ve met with the barren-land outfitters, the Metis from the South Slave, the Yellowknives, as many other people as we can. But we’ve been working very, very closely and we have done due diligence when it comes to consultation and we are going to continue to do that. There’s been, for the most part, significant support and recognition that there is an issue and a problem...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Frame Lake, that Bill 16, Tobacco Control Act, be read for the third time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate and note the Member's concern, and I want to assure the Member that we work every day to try to make sure we provide the highest level of service possible. When there are circumstances that happen where the systems may not have worked appropriately, we backtrack on those and we try to take the steps necessary to make sure that, in fact, services are provided. I would like to point out that, yes, there are times when things don't work and those are unfortunate, but the vast majority of time, medical travel works in a good, efficient way. But in the cases...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to thank the Members for supporting this bill, but I would just like to take this moment to acknowledge and recognize that this will be deputy minister Dave Murray’s last appearance before this House, that he will be moving on out of government into the rest of his life. I would just like to thank him for all the work he’s done on our behalf. It’s been a pleasure having him at the table.

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