Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Next on my list I have Member Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Minister Miltenberger.

I appreciate the Minister’s reply and his concern about deficit spending and potential bankruptcy in other jurisdictions. I would, though, like to make mention that budgets invoke change in policy. Budgets provide ladders of opportunity. I believe that we have a huge amount of opportunity that is still not being tapped into in the Territories. We have crumbling infrastructure. We’ve got maximum capacity. In fact, we’ve got overcapacity subscribed. If we pick our Stanton Territorial Hospital, for example, this hospital was designed for 10,000 visits per year. We know this hospital is now at 20...

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Mr. Aumond.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Health and Social Services.

What is the estimated population of the NWT, based on figures from the NWT Bureau of Statistics and Statistics Canada, at December 31, 2012?

What is the number of active NWT health care cards?

Please provide detail of the audit process and standards used by the Department of Health and Social Services to validate NWT health care card status.

How many NWT health care cards validity audits has the Department of Health and Social Services completed in 2012?

What were the results of the NWT health care card audit...

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. General comments. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Next on my list I have Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Moving on with questions, I have Mr. Hawkins.

I do appreciate the Minister getting back to us maybe with some more current statistics involving transplants. The Minister mentioned in his first response to one of my questions about the Hope Foundation which is located in Edmonton. Would the Minister have any current statistics on how many NWT donors that the Hope Foundation has been referred to or used in the Edmonton hospital area?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In reference to my Member’s statement earlier today on organ donation in the NWT, I will be asking the Minister of Health and Social Services a couple questions.

First, I think it’s important that we get a snapshot of the lay of the land, so to speak, in terms of our physical layout or our capacity in the organ donation department. My first question is: Are NWT hospitals currently able to receive organ or tissue donations?