Robert Hawkins

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have been quite fortunate as I’ve grown up and had many courses and training, and offered training as an instructor for first response types of techniques. I have even had the few occasions of waiting out in the Mackenzie to help people who have been in serious jeopardy. But I couldn’t have done that without these types of skills through St. John Ambulance and Royal Life Saving Society and many other types of support mechanisms along the way. The reason I describe it that way is, without that type of support and confidence, you can’t just do that.

What can the Health...

Mr. Speaker, I’m glad to hear that there is an interdepartmental committee. This is actually the first time I have heard of this particular case. This issue has been brought forward to me by a particular person who is very familiar with the communities and said that as such, as I mentioned, Kirk Hughes had to step up to the plate where there were gaps.

What can the Minister of Health and Social Services do to help step up to the plate on this particular issue to demonstrate some leadership in communities where we don’t have first responders but we have equipment, so if an incident does happen...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s my understanding I have three constituents in the gallery and they all belong to the Elkin family, so I’m going to list them in order of importance. So first I’d like to recognize Cappy Elkin, followed by Lynn Elkin and – sorry, Larry – Larry Elkin.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The Minister of ENR was explaining earlier to me about lightning rods and I’d like to know how many lightning rod detectors we have in the Northwest Territories. Thank you.

I appreciate the Minister recognizes the problem, which is now followed by my next question, which is: In the interim, is the Minister willing to cover the actual costs of both the physician and the medical travel costs? Because at present, what’s being budgeted is nowhere near sufficient enough to cover the actuals. That’s what keeps making this authority look bad when they’re doing a fantastic job. That’s the issue. Would the Minister see what he can do?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’ve often raised the issue of Stanton Territorial Hospital’s deficit, and over the years I’ve often said that it’s my belief that it’s underfunded and it needs a true and serious detailed funding assessment. Recently, I went to the public administrator’s open house to talk about this particular issue about how the hospital is running, and of course, I was very impressed with the work that they’re doing there. What stood out clearly are two particular issues. The first one is the physician costs and medical travel costs are put down on the Stanton Territorial Hospital...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Human Resources.

Please provide:

a list of senior management positions for fiscal year 2011-2012 for all GNWT departments, boards, agencies, commissions and corporations that identifies the:

i)

department;

ii)

manager-type position title;

iii)

senior management pay band number or deputy head level attached to the position; and

iv)

annual dollar minimums and maximums for the band level; and

b) a table showing the numbers in fiscal year 2011-2012 of all managers and management-type positions in the GNWT for which annual salaries were:

i)

le...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act in 1996 from Ontario does exactly what I’m suggesting. What does the Minister have to hide from when I’ve given numerous examples as to why Ontario does this? They specifically state the institution people work on, their specific names, their specific positions over $100,000. What does the Minister have to hide from, from proceeding with this type of information on public disclosure on our website? Thank you.

Thank you. I appreciate the Minister mentioning the last part, especially about the privacy issue. In Alberta, they recently passed through an FMB directive, which is similar to our process of the Treasury Board, that actually makes this happen that I’m talking about. Ontario, which I’ll table later today, actually publishes people over $100,000 by position, name, where the position is located, as well as their specific salary.

So what is actually stopping this particular Minister from publishing this type of information that’s being published across Canada? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, wish to recognize former Member Krutko. Committee meetings are certainly not the same as they used to be. If anything, they go faster. I will say that we do miss his presence here.