Glen Abernethy

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to preface my comments by saying that I absolutely one hundred per cent support replacing the schools in Inuvik. Now, having said that, I’m not quite sure I understand the cost, to be quite honest.

Based on last year’s capital infrastructure plan, we’ve got a new school that we’re putting into Fort Good Hope. It’s going to be $24 million, and we just finished one in Tulita that was $22 million. Last year in the capitals the budget for the Samuel Hearne and Sir Alexander Mackenzie replacements were $79 million. Based on what I was listening to last week when we...

I’ll now rise and report progress. Sorry; how about I let you guys go first? Minister Miltenberger, I would like to thank your witnesses and have the Sergeant-At-Arms please escort them out.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Minister Miltenberger.

Mr. Speaker, my questions today are for the Minister of Health and Social Services in follow-up to my Member’s statement on the palliative care benefits program.

I’d like to quickly once again thank the Minister for getting her department to develop some policies and procedures to help reduce the wait times for palliative patients obtaining required medications. Unfortunately, I’m not as convinced as she is that it’s working well. I’ve talked to a number of pharmacists who have indicated they actually are unaware of any changes and they haven’t seen any improvement.

Given that pharmacists are an...

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Minister Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Next on the list is Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Aumond.

Mr. Krutko.

Okay. We’ll move on to the next department, which is the Department of Health and Social Services. We’ll defer page 5-2 until Activity Summary, so let’s turn to page 5-4. Health and Social Services, Activity Summary, Health Services Programs, Infrastructure Investment Summary, Total Infrastructure Investment Summary: $16.003 million. Mrs. Groenewegen.