David Ramsay

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to follow up with my colleague Ms. Bisaro’s questions to the Minister of Transportation on the new licence plate. First off I must say the licence plate itself is very nice, but it’s the process that I think people are taking issue with. As the chair of the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Infrastructure, the Minister came to Members and told us that the department was in the process of developing a new licence plate. At no time were we given any opportunity to provide input on what that design would look like. Not only does the public not get an...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Given the divisiveness of this subject and the fact that it’s dominated the discussion here in the House, obviously we’ve had members of the public in the gallery the few days we’ve been back, the Minister has received numerous letters, we as Members have received numerous letters. Again, I’m going to ask the Minister, will she park the implementation of the changes until after the next territorial election and let the public decide? I suggested this to the Minister the other day, if she thinks she can get re-elected campaigning for these changes, go door-to-door in...

Thank you. I thank the Minister for that. The Minister states quite clearly that Cabinet listens to what the public has to say and listens to what Regular Members have to say. Then the obvious question is: will the Minister take another look at the proposed changes and defer the implementation date on these program changes? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as if it’s not bad enough that the information is getting out there, the lady that received some of these confidential medical records here in Yellowknife had, in fact, phoned the Stanton Territorial Hospital and told them that she had received this information. She never heard back from the hospital. I’d like to ask the Minister, if she’s going to take a look at this, you know, are people going to be responsible for not getting back to this woman and not telling her what she should do with these confidential medical records when she received them...

I would like to ask the Minister of Health and Social Services how often major breaches of privacy happen with her department and the health authorities across the Northwest Territories that don’t hit the newspaper or the media. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, I see a couple of constituents in the gallery today that I would like to recognize, Ms. Joy Watt and Ms. Donna MacEachern. Welcome to the proceedings this afternoon. As well, I see Mr. David Wind, Yellowknife city councillor, in the audience. Welcome to everybody else as well. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do respect your ruling. I do withdraw those remarks. It was basically my interpretation of the government’s policy which led me to make the remarks that I made and I respect your ruling. Thank you.

Thank you. I heard the Minister say earlier during the proceedings that she’d be tabling a document called What We Heard from the Public and I think that’s all fine and good, but what the Minister should be tabling in this House is what the government intends to do with what they heard, and I don’t hear her saying that. It’s fine and dandy to put what we heard, but what exactly is the government going to do with what they heard? I think that’s the important thing here.

We talk about sustainability. The Minister says these proposed changes are to lend sustainability to the supplementary health...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’ve got some questions for the Minister of Health and Social Services, as well, pertaining to the proposed changes to supplementary health. I guess, first of all, in listening to some of the comments the Minister has made back to some of my colleagues here on how this is working and how Cabinet is dealing with this issue, I have to take issue with the fact that she said Cabinet takes public opinion very seriously. Then the first question I’d have, Mr. Speaker, if Cabinet takes public opinion seriously and the Minister is serious about public opinion, why are you still...

In response to my colleague Mr. Yakeleya on Tuesday, the Minister stated that a policy already exists or is in place to protect the privacy of patients with confidential medical records. I’d like to ask the Minister if she’s willing to share that policy with us and, if there is such a policy, why these breaches are taking place. Thank you.