Daryl Dolynny

That’s correct, Mr. Bromley. Seeing that there are no other general comments, does committee agree to go to detail?

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. I’ll go back to Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I stand here before you not just as the MLA for Range Lake but as a health care professional who’s been practicing here in the North for over 20 years and serving not only the needs of Yellowknife but pretty much the needs of all of the Northwest Territories and prior to 1999, Nunavut as well. So I stand here before you today as someone who I think has got a lot of vast experience when it comes to prescription drugs and health care.

I will not deny the fact that illicit drug use, tobacco, alcohol, these are all serious addictions out there that we see every day, and I...

Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Members. I will now rise and report progress.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. I believe Mr. Ramsay wants to comment as well.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Ramsay.

With that, I’d like to thank our witnesses here today; Mr. Kalgutkar and Mr. Aumond. Sergeant-at-Arms, would you please escort the witnesses out of the Chamber? Thank you. Mr. Menicoche.

COMMITTEE MOTION 8-16(2):

CONCURRENCE OF TD 2-17(2), SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES (INFRASTRUCTURE EXPENDITURES),

NO. 3, 2011-2012,

CARRIED

Thank you, Madam Chair. I’m just going to pick up a little bit where our Member for Sahtu was talking about the blood products from Canadian Blood Services and the projected shortfall. I know there’s confidentiality issues here that I want to make sure that we maintain as a high priority here in the questions and answers. Is there some predictability in these numbers moving forward? Or maybe if the Minister could maybe shed a little light on it. Because of the nature of the dollar amount, is there any predictability that we can use in terms of our planned budgeting versus having to go to...