Robert Hawkins

Is it normal for the government to be named in disputes when subcontractors have problems with the general? Thank you.

Thank you. Would this be similar for doctors that have to do yearly testing or upgrading or skill development per se? I know some dentists, I think every year, have to do some type of week or a day or two and there are other industries within health that require, obviously, a day or two seminar or whatnot to keep their credentials up to speed. Is this somewhat similar and do we pay for those as well? Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, the Minister can say it’s guesswork on my part, but it was a Fortune Minerals person who told me they were in discussion with the Department of Transportation on this. So if he would like to change departments on the discussion, that’s up to the Minister. In this case, it happens to be the same person which obviously can mean it is.

Maybe for the record officially in this House, what work is being done on that road to the communities of Whati and Gameti and, specifically, how much has been the investment on that work to those communities, because I’m not aware of anything...

Only a few short years ago, there were several million dollars outstanding in disputes and discrepancies between what the GNWT picked up the tab for under services we thought, or believed very strongly, were NIHB funds and, that said, were outstanding fees with the federal government. When was the last balloon payment they made to catch up to that disputed amount? Thank you.

Thank you. Just for clarity’s sake, is that $1 million package that goes to allied health considered a normal part of the negotiation in their contract that they’re upgrading or, probably, yearly requirements of taking training? Is that normal to be negotiated in their contract?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The realignment of the Tlicho winter road was Premier-directed, not a Cabinet initiative or brought forward by the Members-at-large as Caucus. It has been my understanding that there has been some type of formal instructions with Fortune Minerals about creating a year-round road out all the way to the community of Whati and even to Gameti.

I would like to ask the Minister of Transportation, if this is the case, what is actually happening out there that Regular Members have not been informed of. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. On this particular section I’m just wondering, quite often the territorial government has been well known for providing more services than it covers and there’s always been a dispute between the feds about what billable services can be reimbursed. This is the right section, I assume, for that detail. and if it is, just in case, then how far is the gap or what are we in delay of payments, because it’s always been quite a known subject that we’ve been behind on NIHB return payments owed by the feds. So let’s start with that. Thank you.

Okay. That’s the type of detail that was very helpful. Thank you very much.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There was no formal direction on this particular initiative and I have comments that say as such. That only causes me to conclude two things: the discussion of the courthouse future and its followance, missing or absence on any future capital plan, had to have been done in camera; second, with the lack of any formal correspondence, it’s only reasonable to assume the deletion of the courthouse from its capital plan must have formally been done either in Cabinet, which does not include Members. Accordingly, I will speak to the appropriate order, as such, with this sort of...

I was able to hear all of that this time around. Thank you very much for repeating it. I apologize for that.

As far as the specialist money, that doctors money tends to be oversubscribed and underfunded, as the deputy minister knows, as well as the Minister, obviously. Does the Minister see that maybe there’s a possibility of paying actuals until we get a new program in place? That’s always treated as a deficit. Sorry. That is one of the causes for Stanton, in particular, to be recognized as always carrying a deficit. That too, as I’ve heard, sounds like a good plan to solve some of the medical...