Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to thank the seconder of the motion. I forgot to do that earlier. I do thank him for coming forward and letting the debate happen today, Mr. Yakeleya.

I am honoured. I heard a lot of positive comments from my colleagues from different perspectives and looking at it from many different angles. I do appreciate all of the support. They see the vision. They understand. You can’t put a price on human life.

We heard from the Minister of Health and Social Services that he had a brief scan of the Human Tissue Act. I have done a full review of this act. This group of...

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

Question has been called.

---Carried

Question is being called.

---Carried

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. WHEREAS very few organ donations are made in the NWT and no transplants are taking place;

AND WHEREAS the NWT’s Human Tissue Act is extremely out of date and contains no legal definition of death for the purpose of transplantation;

AND WHEREAS the NWT’s act lacks protection from criminal and civil liability for parties acting in good faith and without negligence;

AND WHEREAS the NWT’s act contains no mention of who may carry out organ removal, beyond “therapeutic purposes,” “medical education,” and “medical research;”

AND WHEREAS the NWT’s act does not explicitly provide...

Question has been called.

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Mr. Moses.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today in defence of this point of order. The allegation that this request, this ATIPP request did not come from the office of Range Lake is absolutely absurd. Mr. Grant Pryznyk is a constituency assistant of mine and I think everyone in this House knows he is a constituency assistant of mine. He is the one who submitted the ATIPP request.

So the fact remains that this came from the office of Range Lake and the Minister is clearly aware of this. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to conclude my statement.

---Unanimous consent granted