Daniel McNeely

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, too, would like to thank the committee for their work and efforts put into this and, admirably, I respect my friend and colleague from the Deh Cho in sharing his experiences and heartfelt statement. I truly continue and will support him, and I respect everybody's words and wise words of thought and statements. So rather than re-state them in my own presentation, I endorse everybody's statement and respect the rights of the voters, and to respect the rights of the voters I just don't see myself supporting this motion here. Keeping in mind, I do not want to see my...

I thought I was at number 5. Excuse me. Yes, I welcome the invitation from the Minister. As part of the invitation, would he provide some information on the cancer proceedings on a preliminary diagnostic assessment?

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...

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

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I agree with all the comments made. Looking back, and I also appreciate this was a very delicate subject with many involved and opinioned by other stakeholders and the public, but when I come back to my conclusion as an individual and the riding I represent -- who, by the way do not have a road and all-weather roads -- so it's either fly-in or drive-in for portions of the season, or take a long boat ride. We rely heavily on air travel.

I'm taking that into consideration as well as my colleagues on the high cost of living. I look at the discussions we had. I got to fly home...

When can we expect a draft schedule so we can respectively assist in the consultation with the stakeholders in our respective areas?

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I apologize for not giving heads-up notice to the Minister of Lands, but it's a continuation on the same similar subject. I am really not too sure when the acts were developed, but one was mirrored from devolution. Is the Department of Lands having some preliminary discussions with the stakeholders out there who have claims or leases in preparation for the amendments to the act? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today is marked as International Women's Day, a day to recognize women's achievements and acknowledge the challenges they face continuously in the quest for gender equality.

The missing and murdered Aboriginal and Indigenous women are our mothers, grandmothers, sisters, daughters, aunties, nieces, cousins, partners, and wives, and they are missed and honoured every day.

The roles of the many women and girls are at the centre of our families and communities must be honoured and restored respectfully.

Mr. Speaker, I for one, would like to recognize my mother, Mary McNeely, a...