Daryl Dolynny

I do appreciate where the Minister is coming from. If he’s frustrated, I can tell you that you times that by 10 and I think you’ll see where Members are today here. We applaud the work in trying to make things more detailed and more simplistic to match parameters, but given the format of today, it is posed to be very problematic.

Last question. Last year the subject of oral health became of great debate and it was around the sunset of a federal funding initiative on children’s oral health care to the tune of $468,000. At that time, committee felt very strongly that oral health was an initiative...

I appreciate the Minister’s reply to that. As also mentioned, and in keeping the overarching issue, the directorate is in mind when I’m asking this question, the question of the performance indicators. Again, we have a national agreement to maintain and report on 32 of these so-called comparables, national comparables across Canada. Does the Minister foresee that that will be in full effect during this fiscal year and will this reporting be available publicly by residents? Thank you.

So, if I’m following the money correctly and if I’ve heard correctly here today, about $800,000 has been put aside for mobile treatment, or at least the establishment of mobile treatment. Can the Minister indicate where that $800,000 is in this new budget structure?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So, I guess the question is, and the answer is, we’re still going to be waiting here.

Can the Minister indicate, what is the department’s plan to deal with those residents who failed to qualify for supplementary health benefits, who cannot afford their prescriptions for medical devices, who are left high and dry with Health Canada, especially for patients like Patrick Kuptana in Tuktoyaktuk? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. I have two questions and both of them, really, come under the category of grants and contributions, especially contributions. The next page obviously breaks down that contribution in terms of the different types of funds and programs. One of particular interest to me is the mental health and addictions, which is at $1 million, and the unaligned healing, which is a $225,000. Sorry, mental health and addictions at $625,000 and unaligned healing at $1 million. Given the nature of the day when the majority of Members here spent a large part of our day...

Thank you. Speaking about committee discussion, last year the Standing Committee on Social Programs recommended a comprehensive policy review of the Supplementary Health Benefits program, along with a proper appeals process.

Can the Minister indicate to the House why this has not been completed? Thank you.

I’ll accept that offer from the Minister. The number, aside in terms of what that percentage is, is notwithstanding and we’ll get that number later as promised. The question is we know that there’s a cost to no-show rates. What is the department doing specifically to the speciality clinics in order to mitigate and lessen the burden on our health care system on narrowing the gap of no-show rates?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, through you and with your assistance here, I’d like to point out in the gallery someone I’ve worked with earlier in 2014, Mr. Kevin Hynes who is the president of the Yellowknife Firefighters Association, here for Bill 45. Thank you.

I’ll take the Minister up on his offer there.

Now, with respect to that service delivery, as indicated earlier, there was some discrepancy in terms of when these nurses were available on call. There were hurdles in our system, and the Minister is very much aware of this. It happened to one of my residents here, where these nurses are basically Monday to Friday, nine to five, and we all know that emergencies and medevacs are 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Has the department mitigated that philosophy of just a Monday to Friday availability of service and do we have this now, indeed, as a 24...

We know that the Department of Health has, under contract, nursing care or, I guess, nursing helper services in some of the jurisdictions down south, especially at the University of Alberta Hospital, where these individuals help patients who are brought down from the Northwest Territories who are in need of help to explain what’s happening to them, making sure that they’re coordinated with loved ones, et cetera. Where does that budget fit into here with respect to that service we provide?