Robert Hawkins

Mr. Chairman, I am wondering if the Minister knows which two units have been in use the longest. I am referring to outside the Stanton Territorial Hospital. What type of services have primarily been focused in on and how many hours were they in use? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, just following up on the issues raised under the telehealth, understanding that we have 14 of the units out there, could I get some detail as to how many of the units have service operators and what type of training those individual service operators receive? Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, I can obviously see there is an excellent jousting match going on today. I will send one back. The Minister is correct; I am impatient because safety is at risk here. I wish he would realize that too. Mr. Speaker, consultation, we have to talk, we have to talk, we have to talk. We have eight out of 11 regions that are addressing this issue. I am not sure what more studying the Minister needs to do other than the fact that do we need to make a particular type of legislation that reflects northern values but still keeps safety in mind? Mr. Speaker, what signal is the Minister...

Apparently, I should say I hurt the Minister’s feeling over there. I didn’t realize he was all sensitive about this and maybe the job is too big for him...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today there’s still no cell phone ban legislation before this Assembly. There’s not even a legislative proposal coming forward that I’m aware of or anyone’s aware of, that I know. Mr. Speaker, the Minister still refuses to make the call on this issue. I’m not sure why; perhaps maybe just being stubborn. Mr. Speaker, the Minister’s leadership on this issue is so far behind I couldn’t even call him Johnny-come-lately. He just doesn’t care.

Mr. Speaker, I was watching TV the other day and Oprah Winfrey has even weighed in on this issue and she’s set up a blog...

Mr. Speaker, understanding the experience and certainly sharing the frustration is much appreciated. Mr. Speaker, I have seen people sort of challenge these on their own. I know a particular father out there who has a child who is handicapped. They are challenging people face to face who park in handicapped parking. I fear for them because one of these days it is not going to be just two people arguing in a parking lot. We need some type of trepidation that sends a message. Mr. Speaker, what can the Department of Transportation do at this stage to help sort of build up this issue to make sure...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My same question stands. Is this the same area under primary care division or public health division where we get into the diabetic treatment? If so, what programs are being presently offered and what new programs are being contemplated in this budget cycle year? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I’d like to use my Member’s statement to sort of paint a picture about an experience that was brought to me by a constituent. Could you imagine your life if you were handicapped or a child of yours was handicapped? Moving around in this city is difficult enough with a child who is in a handicapped situation, but could you imagine how difficult it is from time to time finding parking spaces and you pull up to a parking lot to find that the vehicle occupying that space doesn’t have a handicap placard?

They came to me with this concern, and I’ve seen it many times...

Just one last thing -- sorry -- on this particular file. Has our Health Minister ever written the federal Minister of Health in regard to this specific concern? Would the Minister be willing to provide any correspondence if the department did so, and would the Minister be willing to provide any response as to how the federal government has provided her in her action to help address this problem? Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, this may not be the time or place in the context of that level of detail, but I’m just trying to understand if it’s a year-by-year agreement, what are we actually negotiating or renewing if it sounds like it automatically renews at a flat escalator of 2 percent? I mean, I’m just trying to understand what are we renewing. Thank you.