Robert C. McLeod

Thank you. This is application-based funding, and it would support some training and some minor capital upgrade for ambulance and highway rescue services in communities. Some communities don’t have the equipment, but it would be able to support training in some small communities. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. What I can commit to the Members of this Assembly is that we’ll try and work a communications plan and let the public know that there is a consumer affairs division. We’ll actually let all Members of the Assembly know the consumer affairs division we have. We’ll give them a name and number that they can possibly pass on to any constituents that might be calling them. I think that will go a long ways into getting our consumer affairs department more in the forefront. I understand, with things going the way they are going now and many of the issues that are being raised...

We’ll be pleased to get an updated course list and provide it to Members.

Madam Chair, this is one of the things that the working group is looking at, is the equipment and types of equipment that are going to be needed. As far as trying to get it implemented by next fall, again, the Member made a good point about working with a lot of the industry people that are out there. A lot of them would have their own medical personnel. There are opportunities there. Part of the working group’s mandate would to explore all of the opportunities that are available, take advantage of training available. It’s a good time for us to take advantage of the industry being in the...

I would, Madam Chair. Thank you.

The Member is correct. There have been ongoing discussions with the community, because we had heard from them that they were looking at identifying their own water source, so we have had ongoing discussions with them. Where it’s at right now, I’m not quite sure. I will follow up with the officials and see where those discussions are and I will inform the Member.

Thank you, Madam Chair. We do have an interdepartmental working group that are looking at a number of different things – because this question comes up quite a bit and it is one that I think is going to come up a bit more – made up of Health and Social Services, Transportation, Department of Justice and MACA. One of the things the Member raised is what we are looking at. Remote medical rescue is one of the items the working group is looking at. We get the question all the time, who is going to respond? Those are questions that this working group is looking at as well as equipment...

I will commit to the Member that I will start having discussions with the officials over at MACA about hosting such a symposium and keep Members apprised as to going forward, and if there’s a possibility of having it, we’ll make sure we have an opportunity to invite all Members of the Assembly.

I said I would commit to exploring it. I can’t make a commitment right here to actually implement it, but I will commit to exploring it and then returning to the Members.

Recently, we had a meeting with the NWT Construction Association, the Architects Association, and the Association of Communities and the Consulting Engineers of the NWT to obtain their views. One of the recommendations that came out of that is we are all committed to do a gap analysis to see what is currently being updated, so we have had that discussion with them. We’re looking forward to sitting down with them, and going through some of the recommendations and see where we can improve on the services that are offered to a lot of the small communities.

Again, I mean, I have to keep stressing...