David Ramsay

Thank you. Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger, for that. One other thing that I wanted to bring up with you today was the case of the Hay Plan re-evaluation at Stanton Territorial Hospital and whether that should have happened or not. I mean, that’s water under the bridge now, but it’s still having an impact on a substantial number of nurses who are employed at Stanton Territorial Hospital and through the government and the union they haven’t been able to really get any type of understanding or resolution to their concerns. In fact, they’re in the process of taking their concerns to the...

Thank you, Mr. Minister. I would like to recognize the clock at this time. Thank you, Mr. Minister, and your witnesses, Mr. St. Germaine and Mr. Murray, for your attendance this afternoon. I will rise and report progress.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just wanted to ask the Minister what the department’s stand is or if they’re taking issue with this Internet pharmacy issue and the fact that people are accessing drugs online. Does he consider this to be an issue for the Northwest Territories?

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I guess even sexually-transmitted diseases have politically correct names nowadays. I suppose there’s a medical reason why it’s done that way, but I know most young people out there would certainly fear a disease much more than they would fear an infection. I will just leave it at that, Madam Chair.

The ongoing negotiations between our government and the federal government over resource revenue sharing and devolution continue to come with a hefty price. There’s something fundamentally wrong when a territory with a finite amount of resources such as the Northwest Territories is left having to pay the tab chasing what basically is our money. There is something that is absolutely fundamentally wrong with how this works and I don’t agree that we should have to use what little resources we have chasing the money. We should actually go back to the federal government and demand that they pay...

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chairperson. I know one of the better educational tools that I’ve seen is the Don’t Be a Butthead campaign and that the department and the anti-smoking advocacy groups have come up with in the past few years in trying to educate young people about the dangers of smoking. Perhaps that’s something the department could look at. I don’t know if you go out and find a super hero for safe sex like “Condom Man” or something like that, but you could look at doing something like that, Mr. Minister, in trying to educate young people on safe sex and try to get a handle on where our...