Kevin A. Menicoche

Mr. Chair, I move that this committee recommends that when the Department of Education, Culture and Employment plans and designs a new program or initiative, that it identify the means to be used to assess, measure and report the program or initiative. Thank you.

I move that this committee recommends that the Minister responsible for Official Languages improves communications with the Aboriginal Languages Revitalization Board and the Official Languages Board or any future language board or committee, and provides written confirmation to the boards and to the Standing Committee on Government Operations with regard to departmental follow-through on the boards’ recommendations.

I move that this committee recommends that the Department of Education, Culture and Employment reviews the Aboriginal Language and Culture-Based Education Directive as well as the Inclusive Schooling Directive in order to identify the strengths and weaknesses of both initiatives.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today in support of the motion for the provision of respite care services. I would like to thank the Yellowknife Association for Community Living for their wonderful pamphlet they provided and I was able to read through it.

I do concur there are so many success stories for the 29 families here in Yellowknife. However, like my colleague Mr. Krutko had indicated, in the regions and communities, our stories are much different. We do have the same needs and our families do have needs. In one of my communities there was a disabled child that could not stay in that...

I move that this committee recommends that the Department of Education, Culture and Employment accept all the recommendations contained in the Auditor General’s Report on Education in the Northwest Territories and proceed with an action plan to address these recommendations.

Mr. Speaker, I certainly would like to see some of the analysis that she is talking about, because I am not really convinced that a thorough analysis was done. If the Minister will share that with me, and also I would just let her know that that is something I would like to share with residents of Fort Liard and the band council, the Metis Council as well as the Hamlet Council and maybe advise me, too, what she doesn’t want to share. I don’t believe I have actually seen that analysis, Mr. Speaker. Thank you very much.

I move that this committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories provides a comprehensive response to this report within 120 days.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just want to follow up on my Fort Liard health care issues that I spoke about in my Member’s statement. My question is for the Minister of Health and Social Services.

I had previously raised the issue about how the residents of Fort Liard feel that their health needs would be best served if they were able to travel over to the Fort Nelson, B.C., hospital. Some of it, Mr. Speaker, is just for tests, exams, even minor day surgery. Right now, they currently have to spend two days travelling to get to Yellowknife and return home and have to throw in the travelling over...

I move that this committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories ensures that the same records management practices that are applied to paper records are applied to e-mail communications and that employees receive formal training and informal coaching on managing electronic records.

I move that this committee recommends that when the reorganization, amalgamation or formation of any public body is planned, that matters concerning privacy issues be considered and addressed at the organizational design stage.