Julie Green

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I wanted to follow along with some more questions about the health system transformation. Could the Minister tell us what the cost of health system transformation is up until this point and for this fiscal year. I am not sure where to find that in the mains here. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. What I’m getting at is whether the western Arctic residents come here because it’s cheaper to come here than to go to Edmonton or whether the services here are advertised to them as superior than to other services and therefore they come here? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I noticed that both the hospital services for Nunavut and the specialist physicians for Nunavut totals have dropped from last year. I’m wondering if the Minister could talk about why that is. Thank you.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 I will move the following motion:

Now therefore, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Deh Cho, that the Government of the Northwest Territories make a commitment to reducing the level of core need for all NWT housing by two per cent per year for four years so that we meet the national average; and further, that the government make investing in social housing a priority; and furthermore, that the government increase lobbying efforts to restore CMHC contributions for operations and maintenance, and that the...

Thank you to the Minister for that answer. I agree that family violence is a complex problem, but in order to get to the fundamentals, I think that we have to address attitudes in the way, historically, attitudes have changed towards drinking and driving, towards wearing seatbelts and towards smoking. To that end, I am wondering whether the Minister will commit to updating the family violence survey by doing another one.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions today are for the Minister responsible for the Status of Women. Does the Minister agree that the family violence survey from 2007 produced valuable insights into attitudes held in the NWT? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am wondering what the department has set up to proactively monitor the system transformation as it takes place in order to address issues that might come up? Thank you.

Mahsi, colleagues, and mahsi, Mr. Speaker. It’s time for us to strengthen the prevention of family violence, to work in a smart and consistent way to ensure every NWT resident hears the message that violence is not inevitable and it is preventable. We have to do this work for ourselves and for our children. My simple hope is that May’s daughters will be safe in their home along with women everywhere. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. What I take from that is that it’s not supposed to cost any more money, but it could.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, family violence has claimed yet another victim in the Northwest Territories. May Elanik of Aklavik was the mother of seven, including four girls, ranging in age from four to 13. She died in November after being found injured and unconscious outdoors. Last month a family member was charged with her death. He had been sentenced to house arrest earlier this year for assaulting May. This pattern of abuse escalating to homicide is far too common here in the NWT. The mandate for the 18th Assembly calls on us to take action on the crisis of family and community...