Kieron Testart

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

WHEREAS the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Canada is a signatory, affirms that children have the right to express their views on all matters affecting them and to have their best interests treated as a primary consideration;

AND WHEREAS most children in care in the Northwest Territories are First Nations, Inuit, and Metis reflecting a long-standing and well-documented historical inequity that continues to impact Indigenous children and families;

AND WHEREAS children and youth in the Northwest Territories, particularly those engaged with...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, has -- to the reporting on health care data, has there ever been an implementation plan for NACRS data that would change our reporting relationship and ensure that we're getting things to national standards and bodies? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to know from the Minister of Health and Social Services, as our EMR is near -- has -- I think it's nearing its end of life, if not ended its life and needs to be replaced, when does the vendor support for the current system currently end? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Her own letter states hospital charts are paper-based. The virtual care action plan calls for -- calls the systems independent islands of data. So how much of the $700 million for the total budget of the authorities allocated to EMR replacements? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Look, if Cabinet has too many portfolios, there's Members who can come over and help them out.

Mr. Speaker, the NTHSSA is filling health information roles with uncertified staff who lack certification from the Canadian Health Information Management Association and have no recognized coding training. Will the Minister commit that coding positions will now require certification going forward for all these positions? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to follow up with the Minister of health on the CIHI data gaps, specifically now around health information management workforce. How many certified HIM professionals does NTHSSA employ, and is that sufficient for meeting national reporting requirements? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On January 15th, the Minister wrote that NWT -- to my office that the NWT, quote, provides data to CIHI as part of their standardized national reporting programs. She did not disclose that all emergency department reporting is absent, and now we know that they have that information. Was she unaware of this at the time, or did she just choose not to disclose it? Thank you.

I would ask for a recorded vote, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Yes, and that is important to get out there as well because it is frustrating, I think, for employers. But there's still that gap, and often they're in a position where they're paying more for the same work performed by a northerner to a nominee, and that's not what the intention of the program is for plugging labour shortages. So what can the Minister offer to these employers to make sure that everyone can be compensated the same way and there is no pay disparity between Northerners and between nominees? Thank you.

Amazing, Thank you. That's exactly what we need to see, because we need transparency. You could say we're recruiting lots of nurses but if we don't know the need, if we don't know how long they're staying, it's not a really good metric. So what is the Minister doing to do the retention piece? Can we change the name to the health recruitment and retention unit, HRRU? Because that is a key piece that we need to do a better job. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.