Sahtu

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 21)

Mr. Speaker, the framework that the Minister has made reference and about working with the other departments in terms of a government-wide consultation process, I want to ask the Minister, in terms of this consultation guideline, has this guideline been used in terms of dealing with this issue here that we’re talking about in terms of the caribou and the issues surrounding the banning of the caribou in this particular area?

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 21)

...Mr. Speaker, and the book is on the Sahtu. I was thinking about the discussions we’ve had the last couple of days about the caribou. In this section, page 46 or so, there’s a discussion about the caribou from the Sahtu perspective. In one of the stories the elders have told, there is a story about near Aklavik there was a discussion, the elders say, about some animals. It was a story about the wolf and the caribou that came together and they were discussing how they were going to live together, Mr. Speaker, and they came to an agreement that the wolf would allow the caribou to live, not...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 21)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I would ask the Minister if she could provide to me a summary on the telehealth in terms of where that’s going in terms of the operations in the Sahtu. I know there’s telehealth speech in 14 sites and all the five communities in the Sahtu are going to be supported through that. The telehealth coordinators, if these machines are in use and they’re going to be used in other communities it will be much appreciated from this MLA in terms of knowing that we certainly can cut down on having our people get on these aircrafts to fly to other locations to be checked in...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 20)

I certainly appreciate the Minister’s response to the process as to how the capital planning process is established and what we agree to, and I was just wanting to make sure that when the needs come up in terms of the facilities for the people, like any project, the Sahtu has some serious considerations. I don’t want to list off some projects that are questionable as to how they got onto the capital process and the funding to operate those facilities. I am not here for that. I am here to see if we can get our projects, such as the ones I listed. There are other communities also going to ask...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 20)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just an update from the Minister in terms of the facility planning designs. I know she’s heard from my region in terms of several facilities and I want to ask her again, for the record, to outline the process if we can see something within this government plans to build a regional wellness centre. And also, the elders were looking at an elders home in the Sahtu.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 20)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The TeleSpeech project, are communities already selected for that project? I’m not too sure if that is being done as going through the committee or if there was assessments done on it, because we’d certainly like to see another project to all the telehealth projects being up and running. So can I see a little more information on this specific item here.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 20)

Mr. Chair, I want to say a few comments and maybe get a response from the Minister. She’s talked about a document called Foundation for Change. Again, I want to say to the Minister regarding health care services in our small communities, the standard of health care services in our small communities, we really need to ensure that when they walk into the health care centre, you know you’re going to get a satisfactory level of care from our nurses or when you live in a small community with no access to a hospital in a matter of minutes or hours, that the health care would do its utmost to help...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 20)

A difference of opinions for the elders; Mr. Miltenberger has used the status of 50 years and over as an elder. If you have that number, then I think you have a few elders sitting around this table here. He also indicated to respect the animals. I guess I wanted to ask what the Minister has heard from the elders. I’ve heard the elders saying they put collars onto our caribou, and the elders don’t like that. They say to take the collars off. What collars are on the animals? That’s showing a real disrespect to the caribou. I want to ask the Minister if he has heard this from the elders, of...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 20)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to ask the Minister of ENR regarding the traditional knowledge policy this government is leading in terms of this very important issue of caribou survival. I want to ask the Minister in terms of the type of involvement. Can he indicate to me the traditional knowledge information from the elders? Is there any indication of records and meetings? The elders have spoken about this issue here and what could be done with the survival of the herd. What have the elders told him?

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 20)

I certainly appreciate the efforts going into this issue.

Mr. Chair, the last issue I want to look into is regarding program delivery support. You can correct me, Mr. Chair, in terms of when there are issues of complaints filed towards our health profession, usually it’s the staff member in the health office that does the investigation, that handles the complaints. Sometimes it can be perceived as a biased report or reporting on the issues. I would like to see some consideration going into a formal complaint process where an independent person outside the system can take an objective look into...