Julian Morse

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I just want to continue following up on the questions I was asking the health Minister earlier.

Mr. Speaker, as I had asked, considering people -- and the Minister pointed out, considering people are increasingly having to travel to regional centres to give birth from the communities, is the department working on a plan to ensure access to midwifery services in our hospitals? Thank you.

Okay, thank you. I hear that it's a priority. I think that everybody would like to see the results of that priority moving forward. And, you know, I am not going to belabour the point on that one.

The -- I will go back to some -- the conversation that the MLA for Yellowknife North started on the IGCS. So appreciated her raising that point. And I am just going to note that the IGCS has quickly and very quietly become a key function of our government, where our legislation moves through, some of our key policies and programs move through. And when I say quietly, I mean I don't think the public is...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I appreciate those clarifications. It's a bit of a confusing space to understand with recruitment happening in various different areas.

Mr. Speaker, how does the recruitment unit relate to and coordinate with the health department on targets, needs, and desired outcomes? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am continuing with the thread of questions from my Member's statement except this time for the finance Minister.

Mr. Speaker, do we have a set target of indeterminate staff we need to reach, and how close are we to meeting that target? Thank you.

Okay, thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate that timeline. And I understand that it is perhaps a bit more complex than I've made it to sound, but I appreciate that that work is going on.

Mr. Speaker, what is our target maximum wait time for a resident to be triaged and access a health care provider in their panel based on urgency? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to join my colleagues in welcoming the grade 6 class from William MacDonald School to the House. Thanks for attending, and I met with them very briefly in the chamber earlier, and it was nice to meet them. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I guess I should have made my question more clear. Because I was aware of the 5 percent per year target; what I was talking about was an ultimate target.

I am going to move on to my next question, however. Nurses and allied professions were mentioned in the statement, but doctors were not. How is our progress looking on recruiting physicians? Do we have targets related to physician recruitment, and how close are we to meeting those and I mean ultimate targets, not percentage. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Certainly, I will have to think about that a bit and come up with some follow-up questions there. But for now, Mr. Speaker, what is our target emergency room wait time for each triage level, and what workforce goals do we need to meet to achieve that? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions were baked into my statement so it shouldn't come as a surprise to the health Minister.

Mr. Speaker, what is the ideal panel size for a care team, and what workforce requirements do we need to meet to achieve it? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I was pleased to hear from our finance Minister about the successes the health recruitment unit has been having recently. The updates she shared were welcomed news indeed. Where I am left with some questions is what the overall picture is looking like considering these successes. It would be helpful to know what we are ultimately working to achieve and how close we are to that goal. I am also concerned that despite questions being raised repeatedly at committee and in this House, it is not yet clear to the public what parameters need to be met in...