Norman Yakeleya

I look forward to the Minister reopening this file here and looking at the issues. I hope the Minister will be able to inform me as of her plans, so I can work with her in the community of Colville Lake to look at this important issue. It’s very important for the people of Colville Lake to have home care work done by their own people. They have been looking after the elders for a long time, so I hope some of the training requirements won’t get in the way of, naturally...could look after their own people.

The other thing I would ask the Minister is if she would look at a community health nurse...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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?

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...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The territorial health expenditures just run over $325 million per year. The staffing is about 1,257. We have our own health board in the Sahtu, which runs about a $10 million operation. When you look at the numbers here in terms of the amount of dollars that are spent in the Sahtu compared to some of the regions, knowing the Sahtu is deemed as an isolated region with the winter roads only going for three months of the year and a lot of fly-in/fly-out of the services there, when you look at other regions that have some of the communities that are along the all-weather...

Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources.

Can the Minister provide to me the GNWT or Environment and Natural Resources definition of “consultation”?

Can the Minister outline the process that supported his decision to implement a ban on hunting caribou in the area in question?

Will the Minister provide an explanation as to why the caribou are calving two weeks later than the normal period for calving?

Can the Minister provide what types of interim agreements were signed with the Tlicho or Yellowknives Dene communities to implement the ban on hunting...