Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the Minister bringing forward the capital estimates for 2015-2016. Of course, I want to keep my comments as general as I can. I will base my dialogue on the presentation that I just had here.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I guess we’re getting nowhere fast here. We know that the Information and Privacy Commissioner is conducting some sort of audit on these misdirected health care cards.

While we’re waiting for the results of the investigation, what assurances can the Minister provide this House that this mistake won’t happen again? Thank you.

I appreciate the Minister’s reply, but to the question of privacy, why is it that we’re not considering this a breach of privacy, and again I’ll ask the Minister, why does he not address that question of privacy breach? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to introduce to you and through you a number of people here in the gallery here. First and foremost the UNW executive, thank you for joining us here today. It is always nice to have people in the gallery.

As Mr. Hawkins alluded to, we have two young Mormon boys here who are spending their spiritual journey, the last tail of it here in Yellowknife. Great young men and thank you for joining us today.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have three documents to table here before the House. Document one, “Distinguishing Between Natural and Anthropogenic Sources of Arsenic in Soils from Giant Mine, Northwest Territories, and the North Brookfield Mine, Nova Scotia,” by Laurie Ann Wright. It’s a Queen’s University study, September 2008. The second document is “Giant Mine Remediation Project, Giant Mine Working Group, April 2014, Meeting Summary,” written on April 16, 2014. Finally, I have a Fraser Institute Report, April 2014, on Canadian Government Debt, 2014.

Thank you. I tend to disagree with the Minister here. The reason why is one only has to do simple Internet searches to see that stolen health care cards are linked to serious fraud-related and false health care claims from every part of Canada, costing taxpayers millions.

So again, to the Minister, what steps were taken to ensure, now we’re hearing 195 or 196 cards, not 195 cards, were collected, were redistributed to the proper owner or destroyed? Again, we heard that there are still 86 outstanding. Where are those cards? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Back in July of this year, the Department of Health and Social Services apparently mailed 195 personal NWT health care cards to the wrong addresses. According to the department’s own words, “This was due to a spreadsheet sorting error.” Interestingly, the department immediately claimed that there were no privacy concerns with this mistake. Today my questions will be for the Minister of Health and Social Services.

This is the first time the Minister has been able to comment on this privacy breach since July. Could the Minister clearly inform the House what exactly...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it’s good to be back in the House with you and colleagues.

As we heard from our Premier today on all our accomplishments, it’s imperative that we take stock as we embark on the tail end of our journey of the 17th Legislative Assembly. However, in the midst of human tragedy, such as the hangover effect of residential schools and the more recent call for murdered and missing Aboriginal women, we need to take stock of another kind.

Now, more than ever, we need to commit ourselves to our communities – all communities, big and small – because in the end, all...

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. The motion is in order. To the motion.