Robert Bouchard

Hay River North

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 69)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to follow up my questions and my statement with the Minister of Public Works and Services. I know Public Works and Services doesn’t control the current facility, and my first question to that Minister is: Why is Public Works and Services so interested in the new facility now, Mr. Speaker?

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 69)

Will the Minister commit to giving me some of that documentation? He says they’ve consulted with the employees; they consulted with the authority. Because the authority, at the meetings that I’ve had, they don’t know where this maintenance project is going. They know that between Public Works and them having responsibility, but there’s nothing defined, nothing laid out. Like I said, there are employees’ jobs that are being considered, and without the information, people are making up stuff and people are thinking that there’s going to be job elimination. So, we need to get this plan forward.

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Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 69)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In follow-up to my Member’s statement on the new health centre, we’ve been informed that there is going to be a new maintenance system.

Can the Minister of Health tell me how this new system will roll out when the new health centre is opened?

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 69)

Thank you, Minister Lafferty. Next I have Mr. Moses.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 69)

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya, for those comments. Next I have on my list is Mr. Blake.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 69)

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Lafferty.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 69)

As I indicated, these are people’s jobs, people’s lives that are on the line, so they would like to hear this sooner than later.

My question is: Can we get this resolved as soon as possible? Not a set date, not when it opens, but as soon as possible. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 69)

I’d like to ask this Minister why we haven’t seen a plan going forward, how this maintenance is going to roll out, what his department is going to take over and what the Department of Health is going to take over. Why is it taking so long to get this plan completed? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 69)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can the Minister give me an indication of when this plan would be available and talk to the people, because the people want to know sooner than later. Can we get a date or even a month when this would be available? Thank you.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 69)

I’m not sure. I have some questions about those statements the Minister just made that he’s talked to the authority, he’s talked to the employees, because at my last constituency meeting those weren’t the comments coming from all those people and the fact that they don’t know where this plan is coming from.

Is there a set plan? And if not, we’ve been asking for a plan for over a year. We built the facility in over a year and a half and now we’re looking for the plan in one year. Can we get a plan going forward of how this is going to lay out for the maintenance? We have people that have their...