Calvin Pokiak

Thank you, Mr. Minister. General comments, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. At this time, I would like to welcome my brother Randall Pokiak, and my niece, his daughter, Devalynn. It’s good to see them down here. It’s not often people travel from back home to come to Yellowknife. They had the good patience to sit down for an hour and listen to all of this. Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think the question I have for the Minister is if you had seen this person who was in pain when he returned home, it was very clear when I met him in Inuvik that he was in pain. He just got out of surgery the day before, they sent him back home to Inuvik, and again he was one of those unfortunate people who had to be on stand-by again, Mr. Speaker. Will the department ensure that prior to the release of outpatients, that they are able to travel without any pain? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d be willing to share that information with the Minister. Another thing I mentioned on Friday in my Member’s statement is with regard to a patient who was shortly discharged a day after his…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On Friday I made a Member’s statement with regard to escorts and patients and the lack of communication between the departments. There have been quite a number of problems between the escorts and patients travelling back and forth to my home communities in my region there. The question I have for the Minister of Health and Social Services is who is responsible for communications for medical travel for the departments for the escort of medical patients outside of their home communities? How does the department ensure that the patients are safely returned home, other than...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’m just wondering, I want to talk a little bit about my next question, which is with regard to the $290 million repayment on the corporate income tax. What plans are in place in order for us to repay that amount of money back? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just have a couple of questions for the Minister. In his opening remarks, he talks about the significant efforts in 2005-2006 on the Expert Panel on Equalization and Territorial Formula Financing. My question to the Minister is how far are you with this panel? When can we find out exactly how the negotiations are going with regard to the formula financing? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Minister.