Herbert Nakimayak

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My apologies for the mix-up earlier. Just getting back to the Beaufort Delta district, my question to the Minister and her staff is 2014-15 actuals were $8,793, and 2016-17 main estimates are $8,381. I just want to know if the Minister can elaborate on the cuts on that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I just have a question on the Beaufort Delta district, the actuals for 2014-15 were $879,300, and for 2016-17 they’re $838,100. I just want to see where the reductions are on that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I appreciate the response from the Minister. Mr. Speaker, my second question is what is the status of planned work to enhance the women’s shelter, women and emergency shelter care in Tuktoyaktuk for 2016 and 2017?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I’d like to recognize Miss Annie Goose from Ulukhaktok, who’s doing translating service and all the other translators who are providing services for us this week, I really appreciate it, especially during the long hours. Also to Mr. Reid, I know Mr. Moses mentioned that three of us here I think, Sonny and I kind of gave him more of a hard time in school than…

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Than all the good boys. Thanks, Mr. Reid for putting up with us. Welcome.

Quyanainni, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I will also speak on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Mr. Speaker, with my colleagues, I would like to recognize World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, first launched ten years ago by the United Nations. This is not only a matter of public health and human rights, Mr. Speaker. Our actions and attitudes will shape the territory that our residents age in. As set out in the government’s mandate, we will make sure that the elders and seniors get the care and support they need. That includes developing communitybased supports for aging in place, building a...

I appreciate the answer from the Minister of Health and Social Services. Seeing how all these services are available to elders, I think moving ahead, we should make these services mobile so that the workers can actually come to the elder’s home and offer these rather than the elders having to leave their homes many times of the day when some of them need wheelchair access. My second question, Mr. Speaker, is: what is being done in the NWT to address abuse of our elders?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to welcome an elder and also an interpreter who is sitting behind me. Ms. Annie Goose from Ulukhaktok, as well up in the gallery my great auntie, constituent and respected elder, Sarah Anderson from Tuktoyaktuk and Elizabeth Kunnizzie from Inuvik and the rest of the elders who are here, welcome.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the opportunity for the Minister to answer that. Mr. Speaker, my final question to the Minister of Health and Social Services is: what can a person do if they have concerns about the well-being of an elder? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, earlier on, I spoke about elder awareness abuse day and today I have questions for the Minister of Health and Social Services. Mr. Speaker, my first question is: how does the Our Elders: Our Communities framework support elders in the NWT? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Inuvik to Tuk Highway is scheduled to open in 2018. Canada will be connected from coast to coast to coast. It is an important milestone in the evolution of the north and is another change in the region that has experienced dramatic irreversible changes as the people of the Arctic move from the Stone Age to Jet Age into the digital age in a matter of a few generations. Soon we’ll be connected to the rest of the continent by an all-weather road. Mr. Speaker, in many ways it’s a good thing. It will increase opportunities for social and cultural interaction...