Glen Abernethy

Let’s move along to page 6, Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 5, 2010-2011, Transportation, capital investment expenditures, airports, not previously authorized, $950,000.

Page 8, supplementary estimates, Justice, operations expenditures, legal aid services, not previously authorized, $19,000.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Health and Social Services and follow up on my Member’s statement. I know we have a lot of hard decisions coming at us with respect to health and social services as the system evolves and becomes more affordable. Clearly, without question, our training programs need to be considered and reviewed as well. I just want to make sure that we’re reviewing them with full knowledge.

As I’ve indicated earlier, the CHN development program, the stats speak for themselves. Things like the NP are a little bit more questionable and I think if we’re...

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. A motion is on the floor and is being distributed.

A motion is on the floor. A motion has been distributed. The motion is non-debatable. Non-debatable, according to the Clerk. Non-debatable.

---Carried

Total department, $618,000.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Kalgutkar.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Heide.

Total department, not previously authorized, negative $150,000.

Does committee agree that we have concluded consideration of Health and Social Services?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I’d like to follow up on some conversations I’ve had earlier in this House with the Minister of Health and Social Services on the Community Health Nurse Development Program, the NP Program and the Introduction to Advanced Practice. The last two are delivered by Aurora College.

We all know that health and social services in the Northwest Territories is facing some significant challenge. As we move forward, our programs and services here in the Northwest Territories evolved as outlined in the Framework for Change to be more responsive and cost effective and better...