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Debates of , 16th Assembly, 6th Session (day 13)

Okay, Bill 7 as amended is now ready for third reading. Thank you, committee.

Okay, I believe it’s going to be the same witnesses, Minister McLeod? No? ...(inaudible)...and escort the witnesses out of the Chamber.

Is it agreed we proceed with Bill 19?

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 6th Session (day 13)

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Next on my list, Mr. Roland.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 6th Session (day 13)

Clauses 31 through 40.

---Clauses 31 through 40 inclusive approved

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 6th Session (day 13)

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Would the Minister like to bring witnesses into the Chamber?

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 6th Session (day 13)

Bill as a whole as amended.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 6th Session (day 12)

I do, thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good afternoon. I’m happy to be here today to present to the committee Bill 21, An Act to Amend the Employment Standards Act. This bill provides members of the Reserves Force with an entitlement to unpaid leave from their employment when they’re required to be absent from work for the purpose of service with the force. This bill also prohibits an employer from terminating an employee or changing the conditions of his or her employment because an employee is a member of the Reserves Force.

There are approximately 620 Reserves Force members in the Northwest...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 6th Session (day 12)

That’s fantastic news. I’m very happy to hear that.

The second part of this issue is the fact that there were well over 200 elective surgeries cancelled over the last couple of months, basically since January when all of these issues started to come up. I’m curious what type of communication plan or what kind of implementation plan Stanton is putting in place to get this backlog of elective surgeries through the system as quickly as possible.

The reason this is important, Mr. Speaker, is there are costs to people, their health, their livelihood, all of these things are affected by these...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 6th Session (day 12)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are for the Minister of Health and Social Services and are a follow-up to my Member’s statement from earlier today.

In July, I believe, the Minister made an announcement that August 12th was the date that Stanton was targeting to resume elective surgeries once they were able to confirm that the sterilization equipment was in fact working to standard. I was very optimistic that would happen and I actually hope that that did happen, but I heard a rumour that, in fact, the elective surgeries have not been recommenced as a result or due to the fact that...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 6th Session (day 12)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to thank the Members for their comments and support. With respect to Mr. Krutko’s comments, when we did take the bill out, I did go to the military and to the reserve units, and some of those individuals that we had talked to had a significant amount of experience with Rangers throughout the Northwest Territories. We also did go to the NWT Chamber of Commerce to get their perspective from a territorial perspective.

The Member is right, though; it would have been beneficial to go to some of the local governments to get their input, and in the future I would...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 6th Session (day 12)

Yes, I do, Mr. Chairman.