Robert Bouchard

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Committee, we’re on page 341, planning and coordination, operations expenditure summary, $6.323 million.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are for the Minister of Health. We haven’t had an update lately on doctor recruitment and how that’s going. I’m wondering if the department has any additional information to add on to how we are progressing with getting doctors in the North and into the smaller communities. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s with pride that I rise again today to announce that Buffalo Airways recently was awarded the best factual program or series at the Canadian Screen Awards.

As Mikey McBryan says, “Eighty-seven thousand fans can’t be wrong.”

I’d like to give a big shout out to Mikey McBryan for his hard work on the Ice Pilots series. We’re obviously disappointed that that series has come to an end, but we appreciate all of the exposure that the Northwest Territories got under that program.

We need to continue to support the film industry in the Northwest Territories. It’s a good...

I guess the other question that I have about health and professionals is are there other positions that we are having difficulties filling, whether it’s any specialists in any of the communities or in Yellowknife that we’re having troubles filling?

Mr. Speaker, I have questions specific to Hay River and I’m wondering, because of Hay River’s special consideration of not being part of GNWT employees, if we’re having any difficulties in putting those doctors into Hay River. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize two Pages from Hay River who have been working with us all week: Jeffry Lamoureux, “JJ”; and Lily Gail Warrington. I’d also like to recognize my constituency assistant, Myrtle Graham, who’s been their chaperon all week. Thank you very much. Welcome to the House.

My next question about the doctors is: Are we getting them to move to the Northwest Territories? Are they staying in the Northwest Territories? Are we still using a lot of the locums to come into the Northwest Territories and then go back to their home communities in southern Canada?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Obviously, I would take that information. I look forward to that.

I wonder if I could also get a copy of the letter that was sent to the federal Minister. Thank you.

I’m going to have to pry the details from the Minister. Can I get more detailed information? Was that letter signed off, and which federal Ministers was it cc’d to and who was it communicated to? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise, too, with my nice pink shirt, but I will talk today about the spring and the effects of spring coming up.

The days are getting longer. The weather is still not getting better, but in Hay River in the next week they’re starting to work on the ponds and we’re going to have our next Pond Hockey Tournament.

The Pond Hockey Tournament this year is March 20th to the 22nd and those teams that want to sign up, please sign up now. You only need four people to be a team and you can come out on the Hay River rinks and skate your heart away. We’re promising that there’s...