Daryl Dolynny

Mr. Guy, my apologies.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Public Works and Services, activity summary, petroleum products division, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $3.86 million. Does the committee agree?

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

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Hawkins.

Obviously at a later time I’ll be talking to the Minister, probably in closed quarters, to get more information on that.

The second part of my question has to do with what we’ve heard earlier today by my esteemed colleague from the Sahtu regarding his people having increased incidents of colorectal cancer and their concerns, but all of our citizens are worried about the increase of cancer cases in the NWT. Current information is not readily available to the public. The last report from the Health and Social Services, called “Cancer in the Northwest Territories 1990-2000: A Descriptive Report”...

Thank you, Mr. Guy. Mr. Vandenberg.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, will be speaking about the same topic as my esteemed colleague here, a very uncomfortable topic called cancer, as well.

One can only imagine the stress that one undergoes the moment one is diagnosed with this terrible condition. Most often the original diagnosis is done in faraway places like the Alberta Cross Cancer Institute and the patient is discharged with a limited supply of medication. The patient then returns to the NWT tired, confused, stressed and typically wanting nothing more than compassion and help. Many of these patients have no medical coverage or...

Page 5-10, Public Works and Services, activity summary, petroleum products division, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $3.86 million. Agreed? Mr. Bromley, question?

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. No further questions. Page 5-4, Public Works and Services, activity summary, asset management, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $5.976 million. Agreed?

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Just to let the Members know here, we have Mr. Yakeleya, Mr. Hawkins, Ms. Bisaro, Mr. Bromley, Mr. Blake, in that order. I will turn over the comments to Minister Lafferty.