Robert Bouchard

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Deputy minister’s office, not previously authorized, $1.645 million. Total department, not previously authorized, $1.645 million.

I will ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to escort the witnesses into the Chamber.

Would the Minister please introduce the witnesses?

We’ll do a clause-by-clause review of Bill 21, An Act to Amend the Dental Profession Act. Clause 1.

---Clause 1 approved

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Obviously, the last couple weeks I spent some time at the Hay River hospital, l and I forgot to thank them.

My questions today are for the Minister of Health. Last spring the Minister had talked about making some changes to the authority and giving Hay River some feedback. I’m wondering if we could create kind of a community-driven authority where the community could give feedback. Is there something, a board that they’re looking at setting up where the communities can have feedback? I know right now we have a public administrator, but is there any thought to putting...

Office of the Speaker, not previously authorized, $25,000.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Minister Abernethy. We’ll go to the chairman of the Standing Committee on Social Programs, Mr. Moses.

Mr. Dolynny, The item before us is the capital, not the operations side of it, and that’s the next supplementary appropriations we will be looking at. Mr. Dolynny.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Mr. Dolynny.

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. I will go to the chair of the Standing Committee on Social Programs, Mr. Moses.