Julie Green

Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, as I mentioned earlier, there is a review of medical travel ongoing now, and the per diems are one of the areas that will be reexamined. In terms of bringing additional children to with the family when they are coming in for the birth of a child, I would recommend that the family contact child and family services and explore a voluntary services agreement to pay for the cost of the additional children coming in to Yellowknife. I realize that the Member is now going to say that's not culturally safe and people don't want anything to do with child...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Member for the questions. There has not been a specific quality review of locums versus resident doctors. I'd like to say that they all have to obtain the same kind of licensing. So locums are not second best to resident doctors; they have the same qualifications. We have recently, as you may know, embarked on primary healthcare reform which has healthcare delivered in teams. And one of the reasons for this reform is to provide continuity of care to residents. So while you may not be seeing the same doctor each time, you may be familiar with other...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm going to have the director of finance answer that question, please.

Yes, thank you. I know the Member has heard what I have to say about this so this time I'm going to ask her if she will listen to the deputy minister talk about what's offered for detox and where. Thank you.

Yes, thank you. For that detail, I'll ask the deputy minister, please.

Yes, please, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I'll ask the deputy minister to answer, please.

Yes. The person who's looking for that kind of support has a number of options. They could use adult services. They could use the counselling program to get set up with additional supports. The deputy minister might have a few more ideas.

Yes, thank you. Yes, that's right. It would come in through supplementary appropriation. Now all the money we receive on doing work on behalf of others is brought into the budget through a supplementary appropriation.

Thank you. The chargebacks on that page relate to the money that we pay to the TSC for the support they give us for our various electronic and health information systems.