Jane Groenewegen
Statements in Debates
Courts, $216,000, not previously authorized.
Thank you, Mr. Roland. Total department, not previously authorized, $1.605 million.
So, Mr. Speaker, then the Minister is denying that it was not possible for a casual employee at the Department of Health and Social Services to have access to MLAs’ personal information at any time?
Thank you, Mr. Roland. Education and culture, not previously authorized, $4.082 million. Mr. Pokiak.
Agreed. Thank you. Total department, not previously authorized, $3.812 million.
Okay. Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. McLeod.
Law enforcement, not previously authorized, $420,000.
Total department, not previously authorized, $1.605 million. Mr. Yakeleya.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today, as you can see, we are talking about alcohol. I want to talk about alcohol abuse. We don’t talk about it enough. Could it be that we have become acclimatized or desensitized to the presence of alcohol abuse in the North? Maybe we have accepted it as a fact of life in the North and we have just learned to live with it.
Occasionally, we throw up some stats on some of our social indicators compared to other jurisdictions or national averages. Yes, there we are still with some of the worst instances of premature deaths, suicides, motor vehicle...