Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Not more than two weeks ago, the residents of NWT woke up to the new GNWT medevac program for patients who normally would be transferred to the downtown Edmonton municipal airport were now being taken to the new air ambulance operations at the International airport. What is interesting is that our Minister of Health and Social Services, in a recent press release announcing this new service, indicated that they have achieved their goal in improving the quality of patient care. I’m not sure about you, but adding over 35 minutes to the backend of patient travel is not, in...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today and I’d like to thank the mover, Mr. Bromley, and the seconder, Ms. Bisaro. The motion speaks to a plebiscite on devolution to be held. In essence, I believe the motion is asking Northerners to put devolution to a vote. The elected Members of this House gathered together some 17 months ago and agreed collectively on the priorities of this 17th Legislative Assembly. One of those priorities was to build a strong and sustainable future for our territory by strengthening our relationships with Aboriginal and other northern governments, negotiating and...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The review of public accounts is the cornerstone of financial accountability and governance in the public sector. In the NWT Legislative Assembly, this oversight is performed by the Standing Committee on Government Operations or, as we like to call it, Gov Ops for short. Our Gov Ops committee works in tandem with the Auditor General of Canada to hold the government to account for its use of public funds and resources. Generally, in overseeing government’s expenditures, we examine the financial accounts; we examine whether the government has spent funds for the purposes...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’ve risen in this House a number of times during this session to speak about ambulance, first responders, as well as emergency services on our highways.

Mr. Speaker, recently we suffered a dangerous tragic accident on our highways and those are always – and hopefully and thank God – rare on our highways. But the statistics show that we have had 130 vehicle accidents on our highways in the last three years, and if you add the numbers, that’s almost one accident every eight days somewhere on our highways. They may seem small compared to the roadways in Alberta or our...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Greg Loftus of Yellowknife has been interested in organ donation programs for decades. For over 30 years he’s been signed up as an organ donor and had a double kidney transplant in 1997.

Mr. Loftus became instrumental in starting up Paddlers for Parts and is still active in its operation. Paddlers for Parts is an NWT non-profit organization established in Yellowknife in 2001. Its mission is the promotion of organ and tissue donation and support of the Kidney Foundation of Canada by promoting kayaking and canoeing as healthy lifestyle choices. Through its fundraising...

I’m a bit concerned that there is liability even though it’s not mentioned in the act. My concern is as to the GNWT would be liable because we are actually in possession of that vehicle in that impound process. Can the Minister indicate if there is any other law, act, or statute that would protect the GNWT for liability during that transit of an impounded vehicle?

My last question on that subject has to do with liability. Where does the liability of the GNWT lie once this vehicle is impounded? Is the GNWT liable for any damage done to the vehicle during the course of its impound, transit and storage?

Thank you, Madam Chair. The scenario is a vehicle that is non-registered – what I mean by vehicle is it could either be a regular car or truck or this would also include any ATV, snowmobile, those types of vehicles that may not be registered – so a non-registered vehicle in a park that infringes the park act. It appears that this vehicle would be removed. But because proof of ownership cannot be ascertained because of a non-registered vehicle, that it would just be removed, that no ticket be issued to an owner because there was no registration of that vehicle. That was the question.

Thank you, Madam Chair. No problem. This is in relationship to a vehicle that is non-registered. What I mean by vehicle, it could be motor vehicle, ATV, or other that is non-registered that is ticketed as an infringement. Again, I’m reading the new act here that it’s the vehicle that is ticketed. But because this vehicle is not registered, would the Motor Vehicles Act supersede the parks act or amendment in this case?

So I would assume that the assumption is that the vehicle or motor vehicle or, let’s say, all-terrain vehicle, it would need to be a registered vehicle in order to ticket a vehicle. What happens if the vehicle is non-registered? What happens if there’s a motorcycle, quad, ATV that is a non-registered piece of equipment in the park? What would occur in that regard?