Jane Groenewegen

Hay River South

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 13)

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Miltenberger.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 13)

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Mr. Miltenberger.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 13)

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Minister Beaulieu.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 13)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think there should be solar-powered signs at the outskirts of every community on the road system and at both of the border crossings coming into the Northwest Territories. If the department needs to procure more solar-powered signs, can the Minister assure me that he will look to northern suppliers? Thank you.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 13)

Agreed, thank you. Page 5, Health and Social Services, operations expenditures, community health programs, not previously authorized, $1.267 million. Mr. Bromley.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 13)

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Minister Lafferty.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 13)

I’ll ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to please escort the witnesses to the witness table.

For the record, Mr. Miltenberger, could you please introduce your witnesses?

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 13)

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

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 13)

The operative word in the Minister’s response is current and updated, because I used to travel the road between Hay River and Yellowknife for many years, and if you went onto the website on the weekends to find anything out about the ferry or the ice road, it wasn’t actually updated from Friday at 3 o’clock until Monday morning at 10 o’clock. Has the department undertaken any measures to resolve that so that the information is, in fact, up to the hour and current?

This past week we had people from Fort Simpson that were in Hay River for the track and field championships, and the approaches to...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 13)

Thank you for that comment, Mr. Menicoche. Next I have Mr. Bouchard.