Calvin Pokiak
Statements in Debates
Department of Education, Culture and Employment, operations expenditures, total department, not previously authorized, $2.247 million.
Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Roland.
Thank you, Mr. Lee. Mr. Roland.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I rise to talk about health services. Prior to my return to Yellowknife for session, I received a call from a constituent in Sachs Harbour. Her husband was medevaced from Sachs Harbour to Inuvik and then to Yellowknife, after suffering a mild heart attack. She arrived in Inuvik to be with him the following day. When the patient was medevaced to Yellowknife she wanted to escort her husband, but was not allowed to because of an inability to speak English.
English should not dictate a need for escorts. She became aware of some instances where patients with less...
Bill 14 is now ready for third reading.
Regional operations, not previously authorized, $858,000.
Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Zoe.
Thank you, Ms. Lee. Can we get back in order here? Maybe I will just read out what we have, what we are going to deal with here, and then we will go to the questions.
Okay, the Department of the Executive, operations expenditures, Financial Management Board Secretariat, budget and evaluations, not previously authorized, $231,000. To Ms. Lee’s question to the Minister.
Thank you, Mr. Roland. Detail?
Total department, not previously authorized, $64,000.