Robert Hawkins

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. When is enough enough? Last night the capital plunged into darkness for three and a half hours at minus 25. In the North, where would you ever deem power a luxury? It's the difference between a safe home and a public health emergency.

Mr. Speaker, when the lights go out at these temperatures, the clock isn't just ticking; it's counting down to a potential catastrophe. Yellowknifers are demanding explanation, reasons, why such failure happened. Mr. Speaker, was it an unforeseeable failure? Was it human error? Or was it just simply the system is buckling because of the...

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-- through the last one. Mr. Speaker, I'm happy to serve.

Almost a year ago I brought up the Alberta, NWT Alzheimer's Society and the fact that they wanted to connect better with the GNWT, in particular the department of health. And my question is what type of update can the Minister provide? Because I've looked on our website, and I see very little when I search that collaborative relationship that was supposed to exist. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Is the Minister able to speak to the structure and the performance of the particular office, whether it's, you know, in place, it's staffed, it's got a budget, etcetera? What can she tell the House? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions will be for the Minister of Health and Social Services because I know she loves my questions, and I'm always here to please.

Mr. Speaker, the Dental Professions Act is a very particular one. I'll try to do some comparisons later in my follow-up questions to the law society. But it falls under the envelope of the department of health, and they set up a professional licensing office, and they have a registrar chief of professional regulations and the position is currently vacant from what I understand. Could the Minister first clarify that is the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, first, I'd like to first say I'd like to recognize all the pages. I had a chance over the lunch hour to say hi to them very quickly and tell them that I started off as a page so don't think that -- you know, it's an inspiring role to come here, and you too, all of you, could become MLAs maybe one day. It's a great opportunity.

So specific, Mr. Speaker, to the Yellowknife Centre riding, I'd like to acknowledge Nicolas McDonald and Jasmine Rosbottom, both students at St. Joe's middle school. Thank you very much for your work. Thank you.

I don't quit.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And for the record, I had a delicious meeting with them too. That said, they had said that there would be things -- they gave me a prelude -- maybe not a line by line what happened, but they said there would be ways that the health website would be able to connect and direct people to service supports through the Alberta/NWT Alzheimer's Society. The only thing that points to Alzheimer's, it's a PDF, Mr. Speaker, is a booklet going through Alberta Blue Cross. Can the Minister explain why there's nothing linking the two relationships a year ago said that they would build...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have another question for the Minister of Health and Social Services, only because I know she felt she didn't get enough --

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, when that group is actioned, similar to the law society and if there's an outcome that needs to be scrubbed but pointed to a reference point at least that someone had practice concerns, etcetera, they would highlight that. Does the, again, the professionalism of the dental industry through their professional licensing office publicize in some form or matter that if some type of disciplinary hearings or outcome had been found in their particular case wanting in some way, and is it publicized, and is it accessible to Members such as ourselves? Thank you.