Tom Beaulieu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. Delta was born June 30, 1994. She was only 22 years old. Delta was a well-liked young woman from Res and will be truly missed by her parents, Marvin and Brenda, her sister Rena, brother Ryan, grandparents Lena and Henry McKay and grandmother Violet Beaulieu. Delta had many friends, and she has left a huge void in many lives. She, too, was a relative of mine. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

In the long-term care here in Yellowknife, there are two separate areas for individuals that have dementia and others that do not. I would like to ask the Minister if there is such a separation in Woodland Manor, where people with dementia are separated from people that do not have dementia?

Marci cho, Mr. Speaker. I, too, would like to talk about the long-term care in Hay River. I would like to ask the Minister if there are protocols in place when there is an incident, a protocol in place that staff have to follow?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister if there is a way that individuals with dementia are separated from people without dementia? In incidents such as this, individuals with dementia are mixed in with individuals that do not have dementia. I would like to ask the Minister, if physically they cannot be separated, then is there some sort of plan or protocol, or whatever we wish to call it, in place that keeps people with dementia away from individuals that do not have dementia?

I would like to ask the Minister if staff are trained to deal with reports. When there is an incident in a long-term care facility, what type of training do staff have in order to deal with it to ensure that they are dealing with the incident appropriately?

Marci cho, Mr. Speaker. This speech, unfortunately, has become a convention of mine. I'm going to do a couple of eulogies. Mr. Speaker, I would like to send condolences out to the family of late Eliza Lawrence who passed away on July 24, 2016.

Mr. Speaker, Ms. Lawrence was elected as MLA to the NWT Legislative Assembly in 1983 representing Tu Nedhe and served one term. People still talk about the good things Eliza did as a representative of the people of Tu Nedhe. Eliza was fluent in her Aboriginal language and used to be a Metis Reeler, a group of jiggers that travelled around the North. She...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move that we report progress.

Marci cho, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, committee wishes to consider Tabled Document 8618(2), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 20162017. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. Speaker, I’d like to ask the Minister if he would commit to directing his staff at ECE to initiate action to get the K’alemi Dene School gymnasium and classroom expansion into the upcoming capital planning process.

Marci cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my statement today addresses the lack of adequate gymnasium space for K’alemi Dene School, the community school of Ndilo. KDS currently serves 120 students from junior kindergarten through to grade 12. This school is one of the few in the NWT at capacity that has no gym. K’alemi Dene School was built for a capacity of 121 students and is presently sitting at 100 per cent utilization. The five-year projection for this school is 140 students, which would put the utilization at 116 per cent. According to the priorities of their capital plan submission, they...