Sahtu

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Debates of , 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 45)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My written question is directed to Hon. Minister Miltenberger, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources.

Will the Minister develop a plan of action that includes community renewable resource councils as part of types of fuel spill response plans?

Can the Minister provide an explanation as to why it took four and a half hours to have his officials at the scene of the Rocky Island barge fuel spill and an explanation on why they did not stay at the scene until the barge was safely secure from further spills?

Has the department conducted, in conjunction with local...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 45)

I thank the Minister for making the effort to come to the Sahtu and talk to the stakeholders. The Minister has dealt with the Sahtu regional health board. You have talked to them. You have talked to them also as a Regular Member. I remember you coming to the Sahtu region. There’s no difference. There are no changes in terms of our health centres, Minister Lee. In Tulita we’re busting at the seams in terms of our health centre. We’re getting two nurse practitioners in our region. Where are we going to put them? How are we going to have this facility? Where are they going to work in the...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 45)

Mr. Speaker, my question is to the Minister of Health and Social Services. I would like to know when the Minister is going to work with our stakeholders in the Sahtu to see the Sahtu regional health centre put on the capital acquisition plan.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 45)

Mr. Chair, at this time I would like to declare a conflict of interest on this bill.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 45)

Mr. Speaker, the challenges before us in terms of climate change and the greenhouse emissions have certainly been brought to the forefront of people in the last couple of years, especially with the winter roads and the ice crossings. Even being in Fort Providence last weekend…. I talked about being on the river with my father-in-law. He set a net, and he was saying, “You know, at this time of the year we should have ice coming down the river here. How come there’s no ice on the river? The weather has really been changed quite a lot for us.”

We know our challenges as leaders in the community...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 45)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My former colleague Mr. Braden fought hard for the dementia centre. He fought hard for the dementia centre in Yellowknife. All of a sudden it’s in the books, it’s on the table, and $15 million is spent. We have over the years been fighting for a centre in the Sahtu region. Now we have to go through the process to get a regional centre for the whole Sahtu region. We would like a piece of the pie in terms of the dollars coming in.

Again, I have seen elders get on the plane in terrible weather. Myself, I’ve experienced where we see people fly out to Edmonton or Norman Wells...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 45)

My people certainly would like to know where these millions of dollars are that have been pointed to the Sahtu. I have on the books for 2005–2006 $8.1 million coming into Sahtu Health. In Hansard it has on Friday that they poured millions downtown into Yellowknife in terms of projects: a $15 million dementia centre. We’re asking if this government can put capital into our region to bring the standards of health care similar to downtown Yellowknife — for the Sahtu region to have a regional health and wellness centre that our region can enjoy, just like any other region in the Northwest...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 45)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Last week I was privy to the exchange between Hon. Minister Lee and my colleague Mr. Hawkins on a health care issue in downtown Yellowknife.

It says in Hansard that Ms. Lee, the honourable Minister, has stated that we’re pouring millions and millions into downtown services, that one of the richest parts of the health care service is going to downtown Yellowknife.

I was shocked to hear this, because my region has been looking for a long time at areas that we could fill to bring up standards by other communities in terms of health care services. The Sahtu has been asking...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 44)

Is our DPW building included in this decrepitude? It’s also in desperate need of replacement. These are the Minister’s words, how he describes buildings in some of our small communities. That’s a good word to use for some of our facilities in our communities. I want to thank the Minister for explaining to me what the government is looking at in terms of this project being on the books.

I also want to echo Mr. Jacobson that some of our own buildings, even in our small communities, don’t seem to get much high priority in terms of fixing up our facilities here. I understand about Inuvik, and I...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 44)

Mr. Chair, the unsolicited discussions that you’ve termed this way, the discussions with these people…. Have there been serious discussions with the private people saying, “We know the amount; can we sit down and have some further discussions to come to an agreement we can live by in terms of providing this type of service to the government?” Has that been discussed further in terms of seriously looking at the request you have in here in PWS?