Kate Reid

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just have one quick question about the legislative agenda in the business plan. I believe it has been updated such that the Change of Name Act is no longer on the legislative deck. Will the Minister give some rationale behind that considering that I've brought it up here in the House several times about the importance of amending that Act. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I know part of the scoping of this project, too, is interoperability with the Alberta system. Has that pre-feasibility work been completed now that we're almost at the RFP stage? Is it realistic to assume that we will have interoperability with Alberta or other jurisdictions? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So what I am hearing, then, is that there is no definitive timeline for the RFP. It's kind of coming up but we're not certain; is that correct, Mr. Chair? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Minister for that. I already have a radon testing and mitigation specialist in my email inbox from my conversations with the Minister of MACA. So, Mr. Speaker, will the Minister discuss lessons learned with this project with Housing NWT with the Minister of MACA who can then share this information at the NWTAC bear pit and with LGANT? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have some questions for the Minister of housing today on radon as well.

Mr. Speaker, can the Minister for housing outline when it started its radon testing program and in what communities and what mitigation efforts it has taken to date for public housing? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Yeah, thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Minister for that. It gives me all the more reason to ask for questions about electronic health records.

Mr. Speaker, can the Minister of health tell me if her department is studying the Yukon's approach to medical travel supports for NWT residents seeking fertility treatment. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll put that one down for the moment.

Can the Minister describe the role of the newly proposed nurse case manager positions for medical travel, the medical travel case management initiative, how -- I recognize, I think -- I believe it's three positions are being added for this new initiative. Does the Minister feel that three positions are adequate, enough people to suss through all of the various longstanding issuing with medical travel that is discussed in this House every single session? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. During this Assembly and the 19th Assembly, Regular Members have been highlighting the need for fertility treatment supports for NWT residents. In the 19th, the idea of adding fertility treatments as an insured service was flatly denied. I have asked about this particular decision on insured services on the floor and done research behind the scenes. I have brought forward a petition with 368 signatures asking for the GNWT to investigate increased demand for fertility treatments and a tax credit to individuals pursuing those treatments. I've asked the Minister of Finance...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And apologies if I wasn't clear. My interest is in what the Minister and her department and the authority, I suppose, will do to retain these positions. I assume not everybody wants to work the midnight shift at the lab, although it -- as the Minister has demonstrated in her last response, it is very important and it is very needed for everyone in the territory. So is there a plan in place to make sure that once we have recruited these positions, what retention looks like. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I am not certain --