Daniel McNeely

I welcome the response from the Minister. My next question on that phase of medical checkup, if you want to call it, on the principle of quality control is: is this practice being monitored on an appointment-by-appointment case at the end of the month?

I, too, Mr. Speaker, will talk about carnivals, but it wasn't coordinated, just for everybody's reference.

Mr. Speaker, signs of spring are here, and longer daylight. The Sahtu residents are using this last month of winter ice road usage to visit friends and relatives outside the region, restocking of groceries and dry goods and materials, participation in other region's events, like the Hay River carnival, the Fort Simpson carnival, and the upcoming Hand Games Tournament in Behchoko this weekend.

Mr. Speaker, the same could be said by this government on fuel resupplies, project readiness, or...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. To the amendment. Taking into account the integrity of this institution and listening to my colleague across the way who has legal background and looking at the amendment and the wording on exceptional circumstances, that could be defined in several ways, if passed, could go against the integrity of this institution to use something so vague that would be caught up in litigation for several weeks or several months depending on the court's schedule to really define what is exceptional. By that time, two Assemblies may have passed. To me, it doesn't strengthen the integrity...

I welcome the Minister's invitation. As we all know, we live in a small area and communication is really fast, faster than RC's fibre link for example.

---Laughter

The fearful word we are commonly hearing now, and I have experienced it quite frequently on requests for medical services, is the word cancer. In some cases, the medical staff are saying, “Here is a jar of Tylenol. Go home and come back later” kind of thing, just to summarize it up. Later on, as tests are --

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are for the Minister of Health and Social Services. What premedical diagnosis policy is in place for patients coming into the average community health centre, for example? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I recall a number of years ago when the immigration funding established the Aurora Fund to provide venture capital for enterprises an private communities. In particular, there were quite a large amount of applications going towards air travel supports, expansion of existing chopper companies, airplane companies. As a result of that movement on capitalization to the opportunity and flexible terms of the immigration fund called the Aurora Fund, we saw the creation of some new companies. What my question is: is given the fact that they're still operating today, are our lease...

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Can we expect this material information to come to our side prior to the next session? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

I welcome the answer. My second question here is: is there going to be a draft schedule of consultation provided to Members on this side in preparation for those changes?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to recognize the NWT Languages Board members and chairs and the Aboriginal Languages Revitalization Board, in particular the two chairs, Beverly Amos and Dora Grandejambe; board members from the Sahtu, Mary Ann Vital and Theresa Etchinelle; and the rest of the women board members. Congratulations. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

None yet. I may have another one later. Thank you, Mr. Chair.