Robert Bouchard

Hay River North

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As these programs go out, what kind of evaluation have you done? My biggest concern would be actually a funding requirement, if the programs are underfunded.

What evaluations are the department doing as they roll it out for the funding needs of these programs? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

Thank you, Deputy Minister Guy. Mr. Menicoche.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Minister McLeod.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Beaulieu.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

As we begin to roll out more midwifery programs, will this program speed up? Will we be implementing two programs in one year, or are we doing one a year? I guess we are learning our process as we go. Can we speed the process up?

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

Thank you, Minister Beaulieu. Mr. Menicoche.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Mr. Stewart.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

Thank you, Deputy Minister Guy. Mr. Bromley.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize Sean Ivens, a long-timer from Hay River and a friend of mine, as well as representative Herron who represents us. We’ve talked quite a bit about Alaska and the Northwest Territories and how much we have in common. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The follow-up of deferred maintenance, and I think the deferred maintenance was a lot worse, especially when we started this Assembly, but do we still feel that deferred maintenance is a strong issue. Is it an issue that’s actually costing us?

The new buildings we’re doing, like the Minister indicated, as soon as we build a new building we have deferred maintenance, so are we getting the value out of our new buildings that we’re building? Because of the volume of our deferred maintenance, is that life of those buildings getting less and less? Are we seeing that we used...