David Krutko

Agreed. Moving on to the Financial Management Board Secretariat, defer page 2-2 and go to page 2-4, Directorate, Infrastructure Investment Summary, Total Infrastructure Investment Summary: $5.152 million.

Financial Management Board Secretariat, Directorate, Infrastructure Investment Summary, Total Infrastructure Investment Summary: $5.152 million, approved.

Minister of Health, Ms. Lee.

Could Mr. Aumond elaborate on exactly what the $500,000 is going to be used for?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Clarification in regard to what is now the schedule of capital expenditures for this project going forward.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. I’ll request a formal invitation to the Speaker to come before the House and answer those questions. We’ll request the presence of the Speaker to respond.

We’ll continue on. If it’s okay with the Members, we’ll stand down. Mr. Bromley.

Mr. Speaker, it’s fundamental that we do provide programs and services in communities. Simply having a mental health worker, an alcohol/drug worker or even a community nurse.... At least it’s something. But when you do not have any of those aspects in your communities, the services and the people’s well-being are undermined.

So I would like to ask the Minister: exactly why is it that the Department of Health and Social Services in the Inuvik region has a policy as a budget reduction exercise to not fill vacancies?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, colleagues. These motions that are passed in Assemblies time and time again have to change. We have to ensure that motions really mean something when we pass them in this House with regard to services to our people. It is affecting the quality of life of our residents, the quality of life in our communities and the well-being of those communities to sustain themselves and have healthy communities.

With that, Mr. Speaker, I will be asking the Minister of Health and Social Services about this particular motion and those aspects of this motion, because we have to...

I now call the Committee of the Whole to order in consideration of bills and other matters, Minister’s Statement 80-16(2), Sessional Statement and Tabled Document 93-16(2). What is the wish of the committee? Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a written question directed to the Minister of Health and Social Services. The Mackenzie Delta riding that I represent undergoes a wide variety of medevacs. We have patients travelling for medical appointments.

What is the amount spent on medevac services and patient travel for Mackenzie Delta?

What is the total cost of nursing, mental health, dental, health representative and home care services in the Mackenzie Delta?

What is the cost to operate and maintain health services in Mackenzie Delta communities, and what are the overall O & M costs for each of the health...

Mr. Speaker, again it sounds like a “dream on” answer, where basically nothing is going to happen. So I would like to ask the Minister this: why is it that the community of Fort McPherson, some 900 people, does not have a mental health position in which they receive services two days a month from Inuvik for 900 people?