Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Vician. Anything further, Mr. Yakeleya?

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Ramsay.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Mr. Vician.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Bromley, I know you feel strongly and passionately about this. I think that you could tell the deputy minister that you don’t agree with him or you don’t have confidence in what he is stating, but I don’t think it’s appropriate to say that what he is saying is baloney, because that is tantamount, in my mind, to being somehow not true. It just seems a little unparliamentary, so I’ll just caution the Member on that and go to Mr. Ramsay, please.

The Minister mentioned an Aboriginal Constable Program for which there was not much interest and that these individuals or candidates would have been able to train at Depot.

My question to the Minister is: Would these Aboriginal constables or these graduates from the Aboriginal Constable Program, would they have been able to offer policing services in communities, stand-alone, without the presence of an RCMP officer? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Minister Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Ms. Magrum.

Agreed, Thank you. Page 12-9, information item, revenue summary, $124.394 million. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Minister Ramsay. Next I have Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I’d like to speak about something which does not directly affect my constituency, but I have listened to the questions and the statements of Members from small communities for far too long, and today I’m going to jump in on the issue of nurses and RCMP in small communities.

Hay River has the good fortune of a well-staffed RCMP detachment and a well-staffed health authority, so we don’t face the challenges of small communities, but I understand the concerns that exist when you do not have these services in the community.

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