Jane Groenewegen
Statements in Debates
Debates of
, (day 6)
Thank you, Mr. Handley. Mr. Ramsay.
Debates of
, (day 6)
Total department, not previously authorized, $138,000.
Debates of
, (day 6)
Total executive offices, not previously authorized, $215,000.
Debates of
, (day 6)
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I’d also like to recognize Terry Rideout as well, but also my very hard-working constituency assistant who usually doesn’t have time to sit in the visitors' gallery but it’s nice to see her there today, Wendy Morgan. Thank you.
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Debates of
, (day 6)
Thank you, Mr. Handley. Mr. Ramsay.
Debates of
, (day 6)
Okay. Detail it is. We will defer consideration of Bill 8 itself and deal with the detail booklet, so please turn to page 5 of the bill. Page 5, Legislative Assembly, operations expenditures, not previously authorized, office of the Clerk, $125,000.
Debates of
, (day 6)
Thank you, Mr. McLeod. That was just a comment. There was no question there. Executive, operations expenditures, executive offices, not previously authorized, $199,000.
Debates of
, (day 5)
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yes, there has been a certain degree of success with some of those programs that the Minister has referred to, but he has confirmed that we still do have a nursing shortage in the Northwest Territories. I noticed when I was flying to Edmonton the other day, the Up Here magazine has an article called “Northern Outpost Nurses - Choose Your Adventure,” and there’s quite an extensive ad here trying to recruit nurses to join a venture healthcare program to go to northern outposts. I’m sure that it’s similar to the agency nurses that we hire. How aggressive...
Debates of
, (day 5)
Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Braden.
Debates of
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, May 6th to 13th is International Nurses Week and at this time I would like to acknowledge nurses week and recognize the work and dedication of nurses around the world, across the country and here at home in our communities in the Northwest Territories. It seems that with each passing year, there is more and more pressure put our health care system and in the face of shortages in our different, varying medical professionals that are being experienced across the country, sometimes in the absence of a doctor, it is nurses that will take on additional...