Alfred Moses

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just to briefly touch on this motion here. I think committee members and residents don’t have to look any further than some of the key findings in the Health Status Report that was brought forth in August 2011 and some of the key findings that need to be addressed to protect and increase the healthy living of our residents of the Northwest Territories. Obviously, with my background, and seeing the effectiveness of health promotion and education initiatives, and putting more dollars into that and investing into our people, I will be supporting this motion. Like I said...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I have a motion. I move that this committee strongly recommends that the government take immediate action to identify the funding necessary to develop and establish a territorial detox program model and implementation plan that will lead to the creation of four detox beds – two each in the northern and southern parts of the Northwest Territories – during the 2013-2014 fiscal year.

Thank you. Would the Minister not only look at the detachments here in the Northwest Territories, but also work with other jurisdictions that might have possibly taken some of the artifacts, some of the archives from the Northwest Territories when we didn’t have specific detachments here in the Northwest Territories and look at possibly bringing them back to the North? So our Northerners, our residents, can see those archives, see those artifacts, and be proud of the RCMP and the heritage that they have in the Northwest Territories. Would the Minister be willing to look at other jurisdictions...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just following up to my Member’s statement earlier, the North has a big history of work that the RCMP division has done not only in the Northwest Territories but across Nunavut and the Yukon as well. I’d like to ask the Minister of Justice if there’s any type of museum infrastructure or some room dedicated to all of the history, and the good work and significant events that the RCMP “G” Division has done in the North, and is there somewhere dedicated in the Northwest Territories that our residents and our public can be part of that history and learn that history. Thank...

No further questions. Mr. Guy clarified that and I’m glad that the department is actually looking into something like that that might prevent us from continuing with these change orders and possible supp appropriations. Thanks for the clarification and the answers.

In the initial assessment, is it common that when the department does get initial assessments on big projects that… On big projects, how often are those assessments not up to standard or up to par in terms of looking at providing the right contracting services to get the project done?

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just in regard to general comments, my colleagues have pretty well hit on all the areas that I was going to speak to, but one specifically that I think needs to be brought to the attention is with contracting and procurement practices. Maybe when we get to the detail I’ll ask the Minister about change orders, the practice for this department to do change orders within a contract when it’s been awarded. Also, supplementary appropriations, how often does the department have to come back to government asking for more money if the contractors did not meet the dollar figure...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This past weekend I had an opportunity to become a fan of a tournament that I’d been part of growing up in Inuvik and participating in the NWT Senior Cager Basketball tournament. While I was watching the tournament, it was great to see all the kids having a good time and seeing the teamwork, the great camaraderie amongst teammates and the teams playing each other.

Just in regard to following up with last week’s Education Week and all the hard work that our educators do, what I noticed was sitting on the benches with the kids was a lot of teachers who were also coaches...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just for some clarification here. I didn’t really want to get into all the super detail about the Midwifery Program, but responses that I’ve been hearing from the Minister this afternoon have really got me concerned, actually. My first question, he mentioned earlier, and I could go to Hansard for clarification, but just for the record, I want to ask the Minister of Health and Social Services, when he made reference earlier to looking at a territorial model as the model that he was looking at implementing, can he confirm that under his leadership that he was confirming...

A last question on this page here. It goes back to the Midwifery Program and some questions that were brought forward by my colleagues here. In the midwifery report there was a standard of practice for registered midwives in the NWT, February 2005. You go through it and there is some really good information there in terms of standards for midwives that would practice in the Northwest Territories. We constantly hear the Minister say that they need this coordinator to develop regulations, standards and competencies before moving forward.

I’d like the Minister to give me his reasoning why we’re...