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Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 38)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If the Minister can’t demonstrate this most recent and final round of public consultations had meaningful impact on the final draft and that no substantive changes are being considered as a result, I suggest that this act is not ready to be put before this House. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 38)

So we are talking about the Community Health Nurse Development Program that is delivered by the Department of Human Resources on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Services. The Minister has said that this program is fully subscribed and, quite frankly, I don’t understand that, because I asked questions in the House in October, I sent letters to the Minister and that program, from what I understand in responses provided to me by the Minister, one person enrolled, and that person might even have graduated by now, and they indicated that there probably isn’t going to be an intake for...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 38)

Then that’s what we’ll do. Alright, general comments, Mr. Jacobson.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 38)

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Lee.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 38)

Okay. We are moving on to page 8-32 and Health and Social Services, information item, community health programs, active positions.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 37)

Thank you, committee. I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order. In front of us today are tabled documents 4, 30, 38, 62, 75, 103, 133, 135; Bills 4, 14, 17, 20; and Ministers’ statements 65 and 88. What is the wish of committee? Mrs. Groenewegen.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 37)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Health and Social Services.

Please provide the statistics outlining the number of births in the NWT over the last four fiscal years; i.e., 2010-11 to date, 2009-10, 2008-09, 2007-08.

Please provide a breakdown of the number of births, identifying the home communities of the mothers.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 37)

Mr. Speaker, in 2005-06, when I sat on the Midwifery Implementation Committee for the Northwest Territories, they were talking about Fort Smith. What they determined -- and I would like the Minister to confirm these numbers for me -- but what I think they determined in order to justify a midwife in a community, they needed to have a community that had X number of pregnancies per year. I believe that number was about 45 or 50 pregnancies a year to justify midwifery services in a community. Can the Minister confirm that number for me and let me know whether that is the type of number that we are...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 37)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to just follow up on my colleague’s questions just after the Minister of Health and Social Services. I would like to thank the Minister for her previous responses as well. To be sustainable, any Midwifery Program needs to have at least two midwives, otherwise the workload would be just too over-consuming. In order to determine the capacity in a business case, whether or not a Midwifery Program is feasible in a community, we need to understand the number of births or the number of pregnancies in a community. Has the department begun the process or have we in the...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 37)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee would like to report progress. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Mahsi.