Robert Villeneuve

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. It is good to see that there is actually some initiative being taken to reduce all of these waiting times, especially with the X-ray stuff. Mr. Speaker, I went in there to get an X-ray which took five minutes. I waited in there for five and a half hours for that X-ray, Mr. Speaker. I kind of thought that was really…I had to have a nap and everything just to wait for my X-ray. With this consolidated clinic, what is the plan? When are the doors going to open on this consolidated clinic that is going to take over all of this diagnostic imaging, X-ray and all of these...

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. It is good to see that there is actually some initiative being taken to reduce all of these waiting times, especially with the X-ray stuff. Mr. Speaker, I went in there to get an X-ray which took five minutes. I waited in there for five and a half hours for that X-ray, Mr. Speaker. I kind of thought that was really…I had to have a nap and everything just to wait for my X-ray. With this consolidated clinic, what is the plan? When are the doors going to open on this consolidated clinic that is going to take over all of this diagnostic imaging, X-ray and all of these...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize two of my favourite constituents and people that I love dearly, my mom and dad.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize two of my favourite constituents and people that I love dearly, my mom and dad.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So we have to wait another couple of years, I guess, for seeing any reduction in any waiting times that are pretty long today. Does the Minister have any appetite, Mr. Speaker, to ensure that maybe out-of-town patients should get a little priority when they get to the emergency room? If they have travelled for eight hours or two days to get to the emergency room, shouldn’t they be given some kind of priority over patients that are just walk-ins from Yellowknife? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So we have to wait another couple of years, I guess, for seeing any reduction in any waiting times that are pretty long today. Does the Minister have any appetite, Mr. Speaker, to ensure that maybe out-of-town patients should get a little priority when they get to the emergency room? If they have travelled for eight hours or two days to get to the emergency room, shouldn’t they be given some kind of priority over patients that are just walk-ins from Yellowknife? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is also directed to the Minister of Health and Social Services just on the issue of emergency room waiting times. Mr. Speaker, there are a lot of people in the NWT that travel long distances to go to the Stanton Hospital to receive treatment at our emergency ward. Mr. Speaker, unless you are walking in there with your head cut off or wheeled in on your deathbed, you are not going to see a doctor for at least four to six hours. I know there was a national initiative a couple of years ago that our previous federal government rolled out some new...

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is also directed to the Minister of Health and Social Services just on the issue of emergency room waiting times. Mr. Speaker, there are a lot of people in the NWT that travel long distances to go to the Stanton Hospital to receive treatment at our emergency ward. Mr. Speaker, unless you are walking in there with your head cut off or wheeled in on your deathbed, you are not going to see a doctor for at least four to six hours. I know there was a national initiative a couple of years ago that our previous federal government rolled out some new...

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I’d just like to raise the issue of government policies in areas related to tendering, procurement and business incentives for our 27 small communities. Mr. Speaker, I’d like to see this government develop or make amendments to these outdated policies. All of these policies pretty much include all government departments in some form or fashion. The amendments I and many other northerners living in our small communities would like to see come into effect are ones that only apply to non-market communities; amendments which allow for the fair distribution of...

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I’d just like to raise the issue of government policies in areas related to tendering, procurement and business incentives for our 27 small communities. Mr. Speaker, I’d like to see this government develop or make amendments to these outdated policies. All of these policies pretty much include all government departments in some form or fashion. The amendments I and many other northerners living in our small communities would like to see come into effect are ones that only apply to non-market communities; amendments which allow for the fair distribution of...