Michael Miltenberger

Thebacha

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Debates of , (day 6)

Mr. Chairman, I'm not sure to attend one of the workshops in Norman Wells, Inuvik or Simpson. Is that what the Member is asking?

Debates of , (day 6)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I would just like to put out, as well, that Health and Social Services is acting in this capacity as sort of the current chair of the social envelope Ministers meeting or committee which includes Education, Culture and Employment and Housing and Justice, as well. This is a collaborative effort to get direct feedback and recommendations from the impacted communities on the impending Mackenzie gas pipeline.

There is a workshop that was held earlier this week; yesterday, Monday and Tuesday, I believe, in Fort Simpson. There is one next week in Inuvik and...

Debates of , (day 6)

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I have talked about the issue with the deputy minister, as well as the CEO of the Deh Cho health authority and she’s confirmed that in the past there was an arrangement, and I’ve indicated to her that we should look at trying to revise our current arrangement where things are done through Stanton to make them aware of that particular circumstance and recognize the unique situation the Member has talked about in this House between Fort Liard and Fort Nelson. Thank you.

Debates of , (day 6)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, there is a plan that sees Frame Lake clinic getting upgraded to provide better service to have more exam rooms, to be able to do things clinics can do as well. We’re working on a consolidation in the downtown area to integrate the clinic capacity in the downtown core that is going to see, once again, more effective use of the staff and more exam rooms and capacity to provide services that are currently provided at Stanton that should be provided in clinics. So those combined are part of the plan to shorten wait times, improve access to doctors, to...

Debates of , (day 6)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the Minister is giving the information that I was going to, that the regulations are set to be approved. They haven't been approved prior to now and then November 1st is our implementation date. We are working hard with some of the communities trying to finalize the various proposals and we are more than willing to entertain any proposal from any community when it comes to this particular initiative. Thank you.

Debates of , (day 6)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, this immediate focus was on the communities along the pipeline route and through the impacted regions and those communities. Yellowknife was not seen as being one of the impacted communities on the pipeline route on the immediate first go-round. Thank you.

Debates of , (day 6)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, we have been in communication with the communities, the community leadership, working with them to pick delegates and to arrange all the logistics, as Minister Roland has covered off for the most part. We have facilitators in place for the three conferences and we have been working fast and hard to make sure that we get this done right. We have been using basically the same template as was used by Municipal and Community Affairs when they had a workshop in Inuvik a number of months ago to try to achieve the same positive results. Thank you.

Debates of , (day 6)

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I’ll commit -- and I appreciate the time delay and frustration -- to having the issue resolved by the end of June and I’ll keep the Member informed. Thank you.

Debates of , (day 6)

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, Senior Citizens’ Week will be celebrated in the NWT from June 5 to 11, 2005. This year, the theme is Stay Active, Be Healthy. Seniors that stay active within the community and remain as healthy as possible set an example for our youth and contribute to their communities by sharing their wisdom and life experience.

In the past few years, as part of the celebration of Senior Citizens’ Week, an annual seniors’ tea was held at the Great Hall in conjunction with the NWT Seniors’ Society annual general meeting. This year, the NWT Seniors’ Society has...

Debates of , (day 5)

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would be happy to do so. Thank you.