Daryl Dolynny

Sugar is an addiction of sorts, and like all addictions, one needs to understand the root cause of its abuse.

Can the Minister indicate what he’s doing to deal with the root cause of more affordable, healthy eating choices in all communities and specifically what is he doing with daily sugar consumption for our residents? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Moving on with general comments, I have Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Earlier today I spoke of some alarming statistics involving our daily intake of sugar and some of the national guidelines that will be forthcoming from the National Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.

People, more than ever, are naturally hardwired to sugar and some have even coined sugar as a new tobacco of our generation. In the wake of the NWT’s successful Drop the Pop campaign, now, more than ever, the premise of an awareness campaign dedicated to sugar is highly warranted.

My questions will be for today’s Sugar Daddy, the Minister of Health and Social Services.

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Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Moving on with general questions, I have Mr. Moses.

Thank you, Mr. Stewart. I will allow Ms. Bisaro just to have one quick follow-up question. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. We’ll go to Minister McLeod.

Question has been called. The motion is carried.

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I’d like to thank the Minister today and our witnesses, Mr. Stewart and Mr. Anderson, for joining us. Sergeant-at-Arms, if you could please escort the witnesses out of the Chamber.

Thank you, committee. Just for the record, with this motion we have concluded consideration of Northwest Territories Housing Corporation. Does committee agree?

So, for clarity purposes, NWT Days that occurred last year around this time in 2013 were actually paid for and accrued in the main estimates of the 2012-2013 budget. Is that correct?

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Moving on with general comments, I have Mr. Bouchard.