Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Many people in the Northwest Territories travel outside the North on a regular basis. Northerners are well-travelled folks, not the least of which the people in this very room. Being stuck away from home – I’m not one of those, though – injured or ill and finding out that you do not have medical travel insurance can be a very, very costly lesson.

Many NWT residents still don’t seem to know that the NWT Health Care Plan does not cover medical travel expenses that originate outside of the Northwest Territories. In Canada, residents covered by NWT Health Care will have...

Negotiations, not previously authorized, $24,000.

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Mr. Miltenberger.

Office of the Speaker, not previously authorized, $1,000.

Office of the chief information officer, not previously authorized, $10,000.

Total department, Human Resources, operations expenditures, not previously authorized, $198,000.

Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. General comments from Members on the operations expenditures. Any general comments? Detail?

Budget, treasury and debt management, not previously authorized, $34,000.

Employee services, not previously authorized, $41,000.