Floyd Roland

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the reason they are coming forward, as the Minister stated, is to enhance the ability to quicken the construction of the winter ice crossings. If things proceed as planned and the Deh Cho Bridge is built, this equipment then can be redeployed to other areas in the territory where we continue to use ice bridges for highways. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I thank the Member for that question and would say, yes, we would put an effort into coming up with a campaign that would draw attention to what the impacts of drug and alcohol abuse is in the Northwest Territories. As well, Mr. Speaker, if I can, earlier I talked about a discussion paper, the NWT Alcohol and Drug Program’s Balancing Community and Residential Services. Just for the record, that was initiated back a couple of years ago and that discussion paper was shared with the Health and Social Services Authority in 2006 and was used for them in...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the Department of Transportation with this supplementary request has not requested any funding to do any work in that area. If they are, it would be under their normal business plan process. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the Member is right; the funding of $116,000 will fund a nursing position. The position will be located in Yellowknife and will be part of the services offered by the Stanton Territorial Health Authority working with the Yellowknife Health and Social Services Authority and remote communities. It will work at implementing a coordinated Prenatal Care Program for the NWT and facilitating an educational-based program for health care professionals delivering prenatal care in the NWT. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, yes, the idea is to proceed with that work. What happened in the previous year was after examining the pile foundation under that facility, the money was reallocated to do repairs. With that being completed, the focus is now to complete the work with the ramp. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, along with all the partners that help in the delivery of a number of programs, health authorities as well as NGOs, we continue to work in partnership where we can with program direction. We seek input on where we’re going. For example, I discussed the Territorial Advisory Group that met in March and that group is looking at the core service plan and looking at the direction over the next five years. We’ve worked with the health authorities, NGOs, aboriginal groups and stakeholders to look at that new direction where we can continue to try and improve. Thank...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, this is a fund provided through Education, Culture and Employment and I am told yes it is, that is it. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, there is no money from the eco-Trust dollars going into this. This is part of the normal work that Public Works would be undertaking. With this process of some additional dollars, not from the eco-Trust but from our regular form of financing arrangement, with additional dollars, they requested that this be put back in. It was part of the new initiatives that they requested through the business plan, but it was not addressed as a lot of the new initiatives were. The Fort McPherson tank farm ceased delivery services in December of 2001. The last inventory...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The amount of the overall projects here are the ones that we've requested for small equipment, for example, under the health services programs, equipment over $58,000 is the total request here is $1.2 million. More importantly probably, near the top is a Norman Wells new physician exam room. Some of that money is also looking at air conditioning availability in that facility is one of the areas we would look at. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there’s a number of activities, and again, with trying to work with community groups and how we can deal with that, I’d have to get the specifics of a well or Aftercare Program as has been looked at. The government has done aftercare programs. Usually that goes back out to another facility or working with a group. We’re trying to deal with the on-the-land process, as well. So we’re looking at a number of options or continuing to try to improve the way we work and deal with the alcohol addiction and Aftercare Program. Thank you.