Robert Bouchard

I could have asked this question to several Ministers, as the Minister indicated, but my question to the Minister responsible for Seniors is: What is the connection? Is there a committee that gets all the departments together that are linking seniors together that have seniors issues, whether it’s the Department of Finance for taxation, whether it’s Health, whether it’s MACA, whether it’s Housing? Is there a group of people who get together and discuss seniors specifically? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I’d like to talk about one of the Northwest Territories most valuable assets. I’d like to talk about seniors. I’ll have questions for the Minister responsible for Seniors. That’s correct. We have a Minister responsible for Seniors. We have so many issues in this area that we need a Minister responsible for it.

This is an expanding part of our population. The cost of living affects this group greatly. We need to work on how we can reduce the cost of living for seniors. We know that there is elder abuse out there. We know that there is a lot of need for the seniors...

Bill 12 is now ready for third reading. Thank you, Minister. Thank you, witnesses. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses out of the Chamber.

Alright, committee, next we will be working on Committee Report 12-17(5), Standing Committee on Social Programs Report on the Review of Bill 36: Health and Social Services Professions Act. I will go to the chair responsible for Social Programs, Mr. Moses, for opening comments.

Thank you, Mr. Nadli. The motion is on the floor. The motion has been distributed. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Thank you, Mr. Nadli. I will just remind the general public to turn off their cell phones and other electronic devices.

I’ll open the floor to general comments on the committee report. General comments? Does committee agree that we have concluded consideration of Committee Report 11-17(5)?

Bill as a whole?

Bill as a whole?

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. The motion is on the floor. The motion has been distributed. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My next question would be: Is the department looking at expanding this concept of the market housing into other communities, other than to regional centres and Yellowknife? Will they be implementing this into some of the smaller communities maybe on a request basis?

We will go clause-by-clause review of the bill. Again, I will go in groups of 10, if that’s agreeable to committee.