David Krutko

The motion is in order. To the motion.

The motion is in order. To the motion.

We have concluded Committee Report 5-16(5).

With that, we’ll move to Committee Report 6-16(5), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the Report of the Auditor General on Education in the Northwest Territories. Mr. Menicoche.

It gives me great pleasure to recognize my dad, Mike Krutko, along with his friend Ed Jeske in the gallery today.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Do I get an extra 10 minutes for that?

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to table a letter from Ron Irwin to Minister John Todd.

Another item that I touched on is the importance of medical travel, of medevacs. In most of our communities that’s the only means of getting in and out of our communities. People have to travel to meet with the different specialists either in Inuvik, here in Yellowknife or Edmonton, or by way of clinical services out of Inuvik hospital. I think it’s important that we have to enhance that program to have a better delivery of medical travel services for the services we do provide. Again, that’s another way that we can improve our medical services in the Territories. So what are we doing to...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are directed to the Minister of Health and Social Services in regard to my Member’s statement on the health care provided in northern communities and the importance of this service, which is an essential service to the residents of all these smaller communities. A lot of times we don’t have the privilege of walk-in clinics or even seeing the doctor. Basically you have to wait for the doctor’s visits. In some cases it’s a month or even longer. In some cases we don’t even have a community nurse stationed in a lot of our communities.

Mr. Speaker, I think it’s...

Mr. Speaker, health care services in northern communities is an essential service. Mr. Speaker, when you don’t have the service, you definitely realize how important it really is for communities such as Tsiigehtchic that don’t have a permanent nurse, or ensuring that we have care providers in regard to community wellness positions, or a simple thing such as home care workers.

Mr. Speaker, a lot of times we talk about the programs and services here in the larger centres, not realizing for most of our small communities they can only dream of having those types of services.

Mr. Speaker, I think...

What? Five? I was just getting started.

Again Section 15(11) and 15(12) talks about resource revenue sharing agreements which they talk about setting aside 50 percent of those royalties.

The other issue that people have raised is the issue of what happens to the $500 million that the federal government was going to set aside for training for the duration of the pipeline and into future years. What effect would that have with the exclusion of the 50 percent set aside in royalty revenues for those type of royalty trust so we can fund those types of programs? More importantly, the transitional...