Bob Bromley

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. First on my list is Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you Mr. Krutko. The motion is being distributed. The motion is in order. To the motion.

I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order and ask if the Minister... Is committee agreed to continue with the details of Education, Culture and Employment? I would like to ask the Minister if he would like to bring in witnesses. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, committee. Page 10-18, activity summary. Mr. Krutko.

What is the process for placing someone back in the community after addictions treatment is completed? Is there counselling that takes into account employment services, housing and other basic needs?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, this has been a very good discussion. I think the situation, you heard the surprise when the Minister mentioned the milk program and so on, or the breakfast program and so on, the things that were not mentioned in the detail we had received to date. The sticking point for the committee is obviously the steering committee. We do not need government by committee, and I am hoping that that will be nixed somehow, an NWT-wide Nutritious Foods Steering Committee. We envision people flying around and wasting dollars, which should be put directly into the sorts of...

Thank you, Minister Lafferty. Next on my list I have Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to follow up on my Member’s statement earlier, on a poverty eradication plan. I appreciate the Premier’s remarks earlier, in efforts to take the next steps there. Recognizing that there is overlap, once again, between ECE and the Department of Health and Social Services, I’d like to ask the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment some questions, really, on the opportunities we’ve got and what we’re doing to coordinate the approach to fighting poverty.

The first question I’m wondering about is what is assessed during a client’s interview for income...

Well good grief, Mr. Chair, we don’t need bureaucracy like this. Yeah, I could match the number of people on groups and agencies and so on the Minister listed that are working on this and beside which Health and Social Services, according to the departmental document publicly available, NWT nutrition and nutrition related programs and initiatives, the lead for NWT Nutrition Strategy is Health and Social Services. So, Mr. Chair, we want to see direct programs to support nutritious foods in a new and improved way and actually not even that, we just want to put good foods into the mouths of babes...

Thank you, Mr. Daniels. Ms. Bisaro.