Michael Nadli

Thank you to the Minister for his reply. Can the Minister describe the Government of the Northwest Territories' working relationship with Northland Utilities?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The second part to this question is that -- I like the phrase in terms of bringing services to communities, building upon that relationship and bringing healthcare services at the community level.

My other question is that there are two small communities, Enterprise and Kakisa, and in some instances Enterprise, you know, by geography is closer to Hay River, Kakisa sometimes by geography is closer to Fort Providence. Is there within the plans to ensure that healthcare services in terms of nurse practitioners or even nurses could be maybe brought to the community in terms of...

No further questions.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I wanted to take the opportunity to highlight some thoughts in terms of going into the section of the business plan and programs, maybe highlighting my language at a later point in terms of just some of the key issues affecting my riding. For the most part, the Department of Health and Social Services is the biggest department, at $415 million.

The big thing that I have been aware of, and monitoring, is just the whole transformation initiative in terms of coming to one single authority. What do we keep? As my colleagues have outlined, there are generally some positive...

My question relates to, of course, the optional head start program. So how will the introduction of junior kindergarten impact the funding granted to Aboriginal Head Start program's sites for the GNWT?

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. Earlier I spoke about the Aboriginal Head Start program and its establishment in the Northwest Territories since 1995. So my question is to the Minister. Can the Minister indicate when Regular Members can expect the government's response to Motion 26-18(2)? Mahsi.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mahsi, colleagues. Like I said yesterday, Mr. Speaker, the confusion we have seen in the House doesn't address these worries.

Regular Members are still waiting on the government's response to Motion 2618(2), including a fully costed implementation plan. Meanwhile, parents are trying to plan for their children's education this fall, while schools are rapidly approaching their budget deadlines.

We can chart a course through this confusion, but we must all be upfront, and we must be all on the same page. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, other colleagues had raised the matter of the homecare services. It's pretty clear that we're trying to build upon that, but I also wanted to highlight the need to have the on-the-land program initiative continue. I think the concept behind that was, as I pointed out, to bring people out on the land to use the strength of nature to give healing and wellness to people who choose that venue to better themselves, so that concept was developed.

There have been some design issues in terms of program delivery in that we had several initiatives carried out. So the...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have three questions. The first question is in regards to community clinics and health centres. In my general comment I made the point of an established health cabin on the Hay River Reserve, and I think just recently there was an effort by a doctor to provide at least care on the reserve. I just wanted to have an understanding if my expectation may be consistent with the Minister's in terms of trying to bring more services from the town of Hay River through the Hay River Health Authority in terms of trying to bring services to residents of the Hay River Reserve...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just wanted to ask a question in terms of the reporting relationship in light of the changes to the one authority through the transformation initiative in terms of trying to streamline reporting. Could maybe the Minister highlight, just maybe outline in general, the relationship between his office and the district offices and the health centres at the community level in terms of raising some significant points in terms of decision-making and perhaps information sharing on patients, things of that nature? If he could maybe just highlight how that's going to work as the...