Jane Groenewegen

Thank you. Page 4, Executive, operations expenditures, directorate, not previously authorized, $21,000.

Community operations, not previously authorized, $18,000.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Health and Social Services. Again and again I hear from constituents that don’t know that they are not covered for medical travel expenses by NWT Health Care when that travel originates outside of the Northwest Territories. I want to ask the Minister what measures our government has undertaken, or if they feel any obligation to make sure that people are aware of this or are reminded of this. What responsibility do we have as a government to make people aware of this?

Intergovernmental relations, not previously authorized, $8,000.

Thank you. Public Works and Services, operations expenditures, total department, not previously authorized, $4.085 million.

Statutory officers, not previously authorized, $5,000.

Municipal and Community Affairs, operations expenditures, directorate, not previously authorized, $22,000.

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.