Frieda Martselos

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to recognize the pages from the PWK High School, Fort Smith, Brody ChepelskyTetso and Donald Ferguson. And I would also like to thank their chaperones, Christy and Tony Jones.

Thank you, Madam Chair. When the spill happened, it was kind of a surprise to everybody. Everybody was kind of running around and watching the media thing out there and doing all these other things. I'm just wondering what the protocol is with regards to who is the fist person that the Minister called in the territories with regards to this spill?

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to clarify the protocol for notification of spills. What is the process for notification, and who is the first person that the Minister should be contacting when it comes to a spill?

Well, that is kind of not very clear. For clarity, I would like to know how much money is allocated to the Fort Smith Health Centre, Madam Chair. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I was just looking at the grants and contributions to on page 199, health and social services authorities funding. So the mains for this year is $278,647. So how many authorities does that the funding allocated to, how many authorities? Does that include the Yellowknife authorities?

Mr. Speaker, can the Minister explain if he believes the updated disaster assistance policy is sufficient in its eligible coverage offered to NWT residents who endure a natural disaster, or if the Minister believes the policy is lacking? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, can the Minister explain why a tornado is not listed under the list of emergencies that may be eligible for disaster assistance? And can the Minister clarify if a tornado does occur in an NWT community, would people be eligible for coverage? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

I would like to recognize Al Karasiuk, the principal of PWK High School, a constituent and a great friend of mine.

The other thing I want to talk about is, you know, a lot of the services seem to be more centralized now that we have Stanton. I'm just wondering if the specialists' visits to the regional centres will increase. It's much easier for a lot of our especially the large senior population that we have like in the community of Fort Smith. It'll be much easier if a specialist was able to come to the community on a regular basis rather than everybody travelling to Stanton here in Yellowknife. And I just want to see how the Minister feels about that. Thank you, Madam Chair.

I don't know how else to put it, but the thing that I'm trying to get is, you know, with the NWT board now having the full authority and the advisory boards that there's only a couple authorities three authorities the left in the Northwest Territories. Two in Yellowknife, I think it is, and one in Hay River. And maybe I don't know if Inuvik has an authority. But the rest are all advisory and they all belong to this NWT board. And since that happened, I'm told by the members of the advisory board in Fort Smith that they don't get monthly financial statements exactly where they stand. So I'm...