Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Kalgutkar. Mr. Dolynny.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. The motion is in order and is being distributed now. To the motion.

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Mr. Hawkins. Okay, next I have Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Anything further, Mr. Dolynny?

Agreed. Thank you. Thank you, Speaker Jacobson, Mr. Mercer, Mr. Ouellette. I’ll ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to please escort these gentlemen from the Chamber. Thank you.

Okay, does the committee agree that we have concluded consideration of Tabled Document 281-17(5), Capital Estimates, 2016-2017?

How much latitude does the person who works in medical travel who issues travel tickets have and are they aware of the discretion they have? In a real life case that I know of, the escort was told, I’m sorry, if you’re travelling home without the patient, you are on your own hook, and at the last minute they needed to get home and had to pay full fare for their ticket and so on. So, are the people who issue the tickets in medical travel aware of the fact that they can approve return flights under those circumstances? Do they have the authority to grant that? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Mr. Aumond.

Thank you. Turning back, then, to page 9, total for the Legislative Assembly, infrastructure investments, $200,000.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Health and Social Services as well. In my Member’s statement today, I talked about a scenario that could occur where a non-medical escort accompanies a patient to Stanton, or I suppose it could be to Edmonton, and they get there and the programed treatment for the patient changes for some reasons and the person who is the non-medical escort, out of the goodness of their heart, has probably taken time off work and is there doing this as an unpaid service.

When the program changes and the person who is the escort needs to go home, what...

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Mr. Aumond.