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Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 36)

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Minister Lee.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 36)

There has been a request to go back to page 8-25. Does committee agree?

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 36)

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Did the Minister have a comment there?

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 35)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I discuss the government’s response to the recommendations to the Child and Family Services Act review. In a nutshell, I am disappointed. Of 73 recommendations, 10 are rejected; 28 accepted conditionally read yes, but no change required; and 13 accepted in principle read yes, but no money. The detailed responses offer obtuse and often quibbling comments claiming that the recommended actions given such priority by the committee are already in practice or implicit in the legislation.

Anyone who sat through those exhaustive, emotional public hearings must wonder how...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 35)

I don’t disagree with the Minister and I think it was a solid principle. I know there is a number of ways that have been contemplated for addressing it but I just want to make sure that it is addressed in this coming fiscal year, because I think it was something that everybody did agree to and I think there probably is some coverage, at least for pharmaceuticals out there to help everybody in the Northwest Territories and perhaps that information is getting out there.

On the question of pharmaceuticals, I wonder if the Minister is aware that in the Canadian negotiations with Europe right now...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 35)

Thank you Mr. Chairman. My first question is, though I recognize we have come a long ways in our extended health benefits discussions and that the grandfathering that was provided in the past has been dropped as of I believe this April, or maybe it has been already, and I am wondering if we know what sort of savings that will provide. Thank you.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 35)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’m just about there, but I don’t think things were clear yet on that last question and I’m interested in that too. The $79 million provided to hospital services for primary and secondary emergency care by physicians in hospitals is obviously much greater than the $47 million referred to on page 8-21. I would just like to get clarification on whether that $79 million is for physician services or not, including or excluding fee-for-service. Thank you.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 35)

I’m sure the department knows much better than I on the appropriate categories, so I will leave that to the department.

I know I see a physician regularly and a lot of us do. I know that there are collective agreements and so on. My request is for what we are paying our physicians in terms of salaries and benefits compared to other jurisdictions within whatever categories are appropriate.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 35)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Thursday, February 10, 2011, I will move the following motion: I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Kam Lake, that this Legislative Assembly recommends that the Department of Education, Culture and Employment reinstate the policy of sponsoring a placement in the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine;

And further, that the Department of Education, Culture and Employment fund that placement;

And furthermore, that the reinstatement of this policy includes a requirement for return of service by the graduate...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 35)

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the Minister’s comments there. I think they are essentially what I had said as the introduction to my question, that I realize it’s the lead of the Department of the Executive. I was referring the Minister’s commitment to play a key role.

Mr. Speaker, the consequences of a failure to address poverty are that people fall more and more into poverty and start getting into social issues and eventually mental and physical health issues. I know that this Minister’s staff has a huge amount of experience in this area. On that basis, I am asking how the Minister is drawing on...