Michael Nadli

Hopefully, by next session, in June, we’ll have a reply and report from the government. Mahsi.

Thank you, Madam Chair. In terms of moving towards devolution and the target date of April 1st, this government is assuming several contaminated sites. Of course, that relates to mines and oil and gas sites that have been decommissioned or are no longer in use. What that leaves is a legacy of industrial footprints that are sometimes just not repairable, so it’s usually the practice to try and at least remediate the site so that it could go back to the state that it was before it was disturbed.

There’s a real need for, at least on an annual basis, an updated schedule and timetables for these...

Thank you, Madam Chair. The Standing Committee on Government Operations has presented its Report on the Review of the 2012-2013 Public Accounts.

The public review took place on January 24, 2014. The committee’s report includes 10 recommendations. The standing committee thanks Assistant Auditor General Terry DeJong and his staff at the office of the Auditor General of Canada for their generous assistance in this review.

The committee also thanks the NWT comptroller general, Warren St. Germaine, and his staff for their assistance in the appearance before the committee during the public review.

The...

It is? Okay. …take the necessary steps to ensure widespread access to automated external defibrillators or AEDS…

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Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Monday, March 10, 2014, I will move the following motion: now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Weledeh, that this Legislative Assembly strongly recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories take the steps necessary to ensure widespread access to… Sorry, I have the wrong motion, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister had indicated an effort to market some of the wonderful tourism and parks that we have in the NWT. I wanted to get an indication of when we can expect an effort to market similarly to try to promote the Deh Cho Bridge. Are there any plans for that? Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have no further questions.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just an observation in terms of this section of the budget, it seems rather high, but I realize that patients that have serious injuries in some circumstances have to be sent down south because we don’t have the specialized care here in the NWT. I just wanted to get the Minister to perhaps share his vision in terms of trying to curb the costs but at the same time looking at perhaps a concept of at least a legacy in terms of ensuring that we have homemade solutions here and we have institutions that are tailored to deal with industrial-type accidents, whether that is...

Thank you. I think the point is in the realm of expenditure control, but at what point do we reckon with the fact that we do need a facility or an institution of some kind here in the NWT, rather than sending patients down south that require specialized care? Say we have an increasing rate of resource development on the scale of industrial activity and thus our labour force is perhaps highly susceptible to serious injuries that involve perhaps special brain injuries that require specialized care. At what point do we look at the concept of perhaps studying the idea of a facility or institution...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Standing committees of the Legislative Assembly are where the Regular Members of the Legislative Assembly roll up their sleeves and get down to work on behalf of the people of the NWT.

As the chair of the Standing Committee on Government Operations, I’m pleased to advise the public and the House of the work that is underway in this committee. The committee just completed an extensive public review of the GNWT’s public accounts for 2012-2013 and tabled its report on that review in the House just a few weeks ago.

We have also just completed our public review of the Annual...