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Mahsi. The motion is in order. To the motion.
Mahsi. Are there any other general comments? Member for Yellowknife North.
Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Abstentions? The motion is carried.
Carried
Mahsi, committee. Do you agree that you have concluded consideration of Committee Report 5119(2)?
Question has been called. Is that a question? No, okay. All those in favour? All those opposed? Abstentions? The motion is carried.
Carried
MLA Yellowknife North.
Committee, we have agreed to consider Committee Report 5119(2), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on Indigenous Representation in the Northwest Territories Public Service. I will go to the chair of the Standing Committee on Government Operations for any opening comments. Member for Yellowknife North
Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Abstentions? The motion is carried.
Carried
MLA Yellowknife North.
Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Abstentions? The motion is carried.
Carried
MLA YK North.
Mahsi. Yellowknife North.
Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Of course it's another case of passing the buck, getting me to do the work of her department. The Minister herself should be relaying these messages to all the health and social services authorities.
Mr. Speaker, one of the values of the health department is accountability in that system outcomes, and I'm stating it again, are measured, assessed, and publicly reported on, and that sounds like an evaluation type of value.
Can the Minister apprise this House and the residents of the Northwest Territories when we may see fruition of the department's value of accountability?...
Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I believe I brought up health centre concerns related to ailments of residents that were not diagnosed at the initial visit but rather looked at and sent home with a Tylenol. Mind you, these were all serious concerns having to do with ailments that weren't diagnosed in time, which most times were serious in nature, serious enough that patients had to be medevaced out to Yellowknife or Edmonton.
Mr. Speaker, recently a young resident went to the health centre for an ailment believed to be gallstone inflammation. I believe the nurse concurred with the ailment and...