David Krutko

I’d like to call Committee of the Whole back to order. Prior to the break we agreed we’d continue on with the Department of Health and Social Services. With that, at this time, I’d like to ask the Minister if she’d like to bring in any witnesses. Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In regards to the Minister’s authority to manage health board authorities, there has been situations with the Stanton board in the past because of the financial situation they found themselves in, the Minister intervened by abolishing the board and putting forward a manager of some sort to manage the affairs of the health authority.

I am wondering with regard to the situation you mentioned about the reforms you are looking at bringing forward. I think at any agency, board or even NGO is responsible for the accountability of the public funds we give them and I think there...

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Committee agree?

I know the Minister mentioned that there are a number of vacancies. Do you have a breakdown of what the numbers of vacancies are in those different authorities so that you can see the health authorities that have large numbers of vacancies versus the ones that are actually filled?

Minister of Health.

You can get in trouble passing around notes in this House. Mr. Menicoche. Mr. Yakeleya. Grants and contributions, directorate, activity summary. We are moving on to page 8… Mr. Hawkins.

Mr. Speaker, again, we are not privy to the ATCO proposal. We haven’t seen it. There have been meetings between the Premier and the Minister of Finance in regards to meetings with Nancy Southern. And yet I know that the Minister is responsible for the Power Corporation. The Minister of Finance is responsible for Finance. I would just like to know in regards to those discussions, if at some point the framework of the ATCO proposal will be put out there so we can get an idea of exactly what is in it, what the benefits are or the advantages or disadvantages are to the people of the Northwest...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In regard to the Beaufort-Delta, they have some 208 positions. I’d just like to ask the question again to the Minister: why is it that they can’t find a full-time nurse for Tsiigehtchic, considering they have 208 positions operating in that health authority?